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Sociology

theoretical prespectives

Theoretical perspective is a lens we look through. Three paradigms provide broad perspectives

+ Theories

Sociological thinking is a way of seeing the world through evaluation of the social structure. This influences sociology by forming the base of how we study society which is the start for sociology

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The term sociology was coined by Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyes

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Max Weber established a sociology department in Germany at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich

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Emile Durkheim helped establish sociology as a formal academic discipline by making a department of sociology at the university of Bordeaux

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The term socioloigy was reintroduced by Auguste Comte

Conflict theory believes that society is a system based on power dynamics. A key aspect of this theory is class struggle.

Conflict Theory

Functionalism sees society as a system of interconnected parts. It also looks past the individual to the social facts.

Functionalism

This theory is based on communication. It claims that humans interact with things based off ofon the meaning assigned to the items

Symbolic Interactionist Theory

Postmoderism is a response to the other three systems as we have shifted so quickly. They believe that moderism is either dead or does not qutie make sense anymore

Postmodern

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Karl Marx and Friedrick Engles write the Communist Manifestowrote

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W.E.B. Du Bois used rigrous emirical methodology into sociology with his study of the African American Community

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Herbert Spencer wrote The Study of Sociology which was the first book to have sociology in the title