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Sociologists
sociologists names
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Auguste Comte | 1. Founder of Sociology. 2.Didn't do research. 3. Emphasized positivism. |
| Herbert Spencer | 1. Social Darwinism 2. Coined the term "Survival of the fittest" 3. Didn't believe in helping the less fortunate. |
| Karl Marx | 1. Class conflict 2. provided foundation for the sociological conflict perspective. |
| Emile Durkheim | 1. Had Sociology recognized as a separate academic discipline. 2.Social solidarity/Social integration 3. Provided foundation for sociological functionalist perspective. |
| Max Weber | 1. Religion was the central force of social change. 2. Verstehen 3. powerful influence on the study of social interaction 4. Protestant Ethic |
| Forgotten Sociologists | 1. All women 2. do to women's role, weren't acknowledge until recent times |
| Talcott Parsons | 1. Most influential American Sociologist in the 1950s. 2. viewed society as a stable yet complex system of interdependent parts. |
| C Wright Mills | 1. Challenged parson's approach. 2.Power Elite theories paved way for American Power Structure. 3. Sociological imagination |
| W.E.B. duBois | 1. Founded the NAACP 2.psychological wages ie titles, admittance to public parks/functions |
| Jane Addams | 1. child labor/8 hour work days 2. co-founded ACLU 3. Established many gov. programs- SSI, workers comp |