Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 10 views

    Activity 1.5-Identify The Founding Fathers of Sociology From The Pictures Below

    Uploaded by

    Monique Noel
    The document discusses the founding fathers of sociology, including Comte, Marx, Weber, and Durkheim. It states that they developed in Europe during a time of great social unrest and change, and sought to scientifically examine society and social change across the world. Each brought a different theoretical perspective to understanding society. The document also discusses how the founding fathers developed theories to explain the social world around them, and that these theories formed the basis of broader theoretical approaches in sociology.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Activity 1.5-Identify The Founding Fathers of Sociology From The Pictures Below

    Uploaded by

    Monique Noel
    10 views2 pages
    The document discusses the founding fathers of sociology, including Comte, Marx, Weber, and Durkheim. It states that they developed in Europe during a time of great social unrest and change, and sought to scientifically examine society and social change across the world. Each brought a different theoretical perspective to understanding society. The document also discusses how the founding fathers developed theories to explain the social world around them, and that these theories formed the basis of broader theoretical approaches in sociology.

    Original Description:

    founding fathers

    Original Title

    founding_fathers

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    The document discusses the founding fathers of sociology, including Comte, Marx, Weber, and Durkheim. It states that they developed in Europe during a time of great social unrest and change, and sought to scientifically examine society and social change across the world. Each brought a different theoretical perspective to understanding society. The document also discusses how the founding fathers developed theories to explain the social world around them, and that these theories formed the basis of broader theoretical approaches in sociology.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    10 views2 pages

    Activity 1.5-Identify The Founding Fathers of Sociology From The Pictures Below

    Uploaded by

    Monique Noel
    The document discusses the founding fathers of sociology, including Comte, Marx, Weber, and Durkheim. It states that they developed in Europe during a time of great social unrest and change, and sought to scientifically examine society and social change across the world. Each brought a different theoretical perspective to understanding society. The document also discusses how the founding fathers developed theories to explain the social world around them, and that these theories formed the basis of broader theoretical approaches in sociology.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    of 2

    CHAPTER 3

    The Founding Fathers of Sociology


    We have read that Sociology developed in Europe as a result of great social unrest and
    rapid social change that was occurring at the time. Out of this period Comte, Marx, Weber and
    Durkheim, were interested and wanted to understand, the major changes which were occurring.
    Separately, they attempted to develop ways of examining society and social change, not only for
    their society, but also for societies across the world. They believed a scientific approach would
    assist them greatly in this enterprise. Each man brought a different perspective, or lens through
    which society was viewed or explained. Through these men the different theoretical perspectives
    were birthed.

    Activity 1.5- Identify the Founding Fathers of Sociology from the pictures below.

    A B C D

    Activity 1.6
    Research each founding father and write a summary of their contribution to society.

    Theoretical Framework of Sociology


    Sociology is a subject which consists of competing theories about what social life is and how it
    should be explained.

    Each founding father developed a way of looking at and explaining the world around them. They
    developed theories.
    A theory is an attempt to identify general properties that explain regularly observed events. Theories
    form an essential element of all sociological works. While theories tend to be linked to broader
    theoretical approaches, they are also strongly influenced by the research results they help generate.
    [ CITATION Gid12 \l 1033 ]
    A sociological theory is a set of ideas which claim to explain how society or aspects of society
    work. [ CITATION Har91 \l 1033 ]

    Activity 1.7-Identify the school of thought which developed out of the Founding Fathers of
    Sociology.

    Positivist
    School of
    thought

    You might also like