sociologists Flashcards
(14 cards)
focused on effect of large-scale social structures on social status of women, children, and “sufferers”
harriet martineau
formed parts of the sociological imagination concept
max weber
argued sociologists should be impartial, study should be empirical, and research should be widely accessible to people
harriet martineau
limits on human potential are socially, not biology-based, basically completely disagreed with spencer
emile durkeim
coined social Darwinism
herbert spencer
founder of sociology
auguste comte
opposed any societal reforms that might “interfere with the natural selection process”
herbert spencer
translated and compressed the work of auguste comte to make it more widely accessible
harriet martineau
coined the term positivism + altruism
Auguste comte
founding figure of functionalist theory
emile durkheim
advocated for racial and gender equality
harriet martineau
believed that class conflict was necessary to produce social change
karl marx
believed that society should be changed and not just studied to benefit those oppressed by the wealthy
karl marx
developped formal sociology
georg simmel