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Society: A group of people with some uniting factor
Sociology: The study of the development, structure and functions of human society
Ibn Khaldun (14th century)
- Father of sociology
- created the concept of social cohesion: (How societies support itself)
John Locke
- created Tabula Rasa - “A blank stake”
- The mind is blank then formed by society
- Humans are Fully built by nurture
Auguste Comte
Developed Positivism: all rational assertions can be proven using scientific research
Talcott Parsons
- Found that all successful societies must focus on 4 major issues
- Economic
- Political
- Family
- Cultural
Emile Durkheim and social control
Thought that society functions to protect it’s member
- Found that society is a system of hidden forces that control the individual
Structural Functionalism
society is functional because of it’s structure
Institutions
Roles
Norms
Karl Marx and Conflict theory
Wealth is not equal and some groups of people hold power over others
Thus, order in society is maintained by force or self-oppression
Symbolic Interactionism
We act based on the meanings we give things.
These meanings are derived from social ineractions
Macro: How cultures change and develop
Micro: How our individual person is changed
Intersectional theory
intersection of multiple identities