Identify the Thinker Flashcards
(25 cards)
Believed that land was the sole source of income and wealth in society
Adam Smith
There is natural order in society that harmonized the interests of individual citizens with the common interests of society
Adam Smith
Lived and worked during the same century the Industrial Revolution occurred
Adam Smith
His work was enriched by concrete facts and lessons of experience from the time of Ancient Greece and Rome and of Britain and France
Adam Smith
His major approach and reason is the emphasis placed on science and social progress
Emile Durkheim
Emphasized that groups are more than the sum of their parts. He wanted to shift the focus away from the individual to the collective
Emile Durkheim
Focused more on his views of society and eventually rejected the individualist doctrines
Emile Durkheim
For him, the society and the individual are distinct things. Hence, they can be examined as independent reality
Emile Durkheim
Theory of Rent and expanded on the theory of value
David Ricardo
Examined such issues as price, supply, demand, and foreign trade
David Ricardo
Believed that history had meaning and that history moved in a set pattern toward a known goal
Karl Marx
He was interested in widening the gap between the rich and poor in society, a gap that could be trace to the exploitative nature of the economic system
Karl Marx
The right approach to studying man’s existence is materialism
Karl Marx
Pointed out that social existence of man determines their consciousness
Karl Marx
Communism as the end of history is equivalent to the final synthesis
Karl Marx
Society can be changed only by revolutionizing the economic base
Karl Marx
To change the system, we should attack the economic base or the material condition of our lives
Karl Marx
He meant the application of systematic and precise modes of calculation and available means in the pursuit of specific goals and ends
Max Weber
Used the concept of ideal type in studying political power and types of legitimate authority
Max Weber
Weber had in mind a legal rational form of domination described as eliminating all personal, irrational, and emotional elements from administration
Max Weber
Noted that bureaucratization is also linked to the concentration of the means of administration
Max Weber
Argues that bureaucracy is the major source of authority in modern societies
Max Weber
Took his ‘materialist’ account of the formation of classes and the development of society to be concerned with ultimate economic causes
Friedrich Engels
science is important for socialists in terms of a system of knowledge
Friedrich Engels
