Sociology: In the Beginning
– Discipline of sociology only existed for approximately 180yr.
– Fairly new compared to math, philosophy, and science
– Auguste Comte (1798-1857)
– Est. term POSITIVISM: authentic and valid knowledge of the social world is found only through scientific and empirical pursuit.
– Social Science was introduced
– Sociology was exported from France to U.S. in 19th century
– 3 Social theories: Conflict, Functionalist, and Symbolic Interactionism.
– Sociology is about perspective and new ideas (ME)
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