Contributors of Sociology

Who

-coined the term "sociology"

-Founder of sociology

-and believed Positivism is the belief that the world can best be understood through scientific inquiry (methodological and social/political)

• Harriet Martineau

• Herbert Spencer

• Auguste Comte

• Emile Durkheim

Who

-Translated comte's work

-Wrote "Society in America"

-Advocated for racial and gender equality

• Auguste Comte

• Harriet Martineau

• Max Karl

• Emile Durkheim

Who

-Believed in Social Darwinism which is the belif that those species of animals best adapted to their environment survive and prosper.

• Aguste comte

• Harriet Martineau

• Max Karl

• Herbert Spencer

Who

-wrote "Rules of Socilogical Method"

-Social facts are patterened ways of acting, thinking, and feeling that exist outside any one individual but that exert social control over each person

-Anomie is a condition in which social control becomes ineffective as a result of the loss of shared values and a sense of purpose in society.

• Harriet Martineau

• Emile Durkheim

• Herbert Spencer

• Max Karl

Who

-Stressed class conflict

-Bourgeoisie versus proletariat

-Believed society should be changed

-Economic was the central force for change

• Karl Marx

• Auguste Comte

• Harriet Martineau

• Emile Durkheim

Who

-Emphasized that sociology should be value free

-Research should be conducted scientifically

-Was concerned with large-scale organizations

-Specialized division of labor

• Auguste comete

• Karl Marx

• Max Webber

• Miles durkhium

Who

-Focused on how society is a web of patterns

-Considered a group size in social interactions

• Georg Simmel

• Karl Marx

• Max webber

• Emile Durkheim

Who

-Founded Hull house

-Won a Nobel prize

• Karl Marx

• Georg Simmel

• Jane Adams

• John Adams

Who

-Created a laboratory of sociology

-Studied racial conflict

• Emile Durkihem

• Georg Simmel

• Jane adams

• W. E. B. Du Bois and Atlanta University