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Sociology is the scientific study of human society and social behavior. It examines how societies are organized and how social relationships, groups, and institutions work. The document traces the origins and development of sociology from early philosophers like Ibn Khaldun to the founders of modern sociology like Auguste Comte, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber. It also outlines some of the major areas and perspectives of sociology including social organization, social change, and theoretical approaches like functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism.
- Auguste Comte is considered the father of sociology. He founded the philosophy of positivism and established sociology as a distinct social science.
- Herbert Spencer, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Erving Goffman, George Herbert Mead, William Julius Wilson, and Margaret Mead were influential early sociologists who made important contributions to the foundations of modern sociology. Their works focused on social classes, economics, social order and control, social interaction, and cross-cultural comparisons.
- Robert E. Park emphasized understanding society through objective social scientific analysis of individual concepts, goals, status, and the various forms societies can take.
University First Year level revision notes on Classical Sociological Theory. Contains notes on Karl Marx, Max Weber and Emile Durkheim among others. All notes come from university lecture notes and online research. Includes quotes from sociologists, a history of sociology, keywords and theories and ideas.
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This document provides an overview of sociology as a discipline. It discusses how sociology emerged from the natural and social sciences. Key aspects of sociology highlighted include its systematic study of human society and focus on how social behavior is shaped by groups and individuals. The document then reviews several influential early thinkers in sociology such as Comte, Durkheim, Marx, and Weber. It also summarizes the development of sociology in the US, including the Chicago School. Major theoretical approaches to sociology are introduced, including structural-functionalism, social conflict, and symbolic interactionism.
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How Sociologists View Society
history of sociology
The Father of Sociology
Sociological Theories or Perspectives
Functionalism
Conflict Theory
Symbolic Interaction Theory
Durkheim was a French sociologist who is regarded as the founder of modern sociology. Some of his most important works focused on how social forces influence human behavior and thought. He studied how the division of labor in modern societies led to both mechanical and organic solidarity. Durkheim also explored concepts like anomie, social facts, and human dualism. In his book Suicide, he analyzed suicide statistics to show how social integration and regulation impact suicide rates, treating suicide as a social fact influenced by social forces rather than just individual factors. Durkheim made major contributions to establishing sociology as a scientific discipline and understanding how social systems and social relationships shape human actions and societies.
This document provides an overview of sociology as a discipline. It discusses how sociology differs from natural sciences in focusing on abstract social features of human interaction. It outlines the key thinkers in sociology's development, including Marx, Durkheim, and Weber. It also summarizes major theoretical approaches within sociology like structural functionalism, social conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, and rational choice theory based on whether they take a macro or micro perspective on human behavior.
Sociology is the scientific study of human society and social behavior. It examines how societies are organized and how social relationships, groups, and institutions work. The document traces the origins and development of sociology from early philosophers like Ibn Khaldun to the founders of modern sociology like Auguste Comte, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber. It also outlines some of the major areas and perspectives of sociology including social organization, social change, and theoretical approaches like functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism.
- Auguste Comte is considered the father of sociology. He founded the philosophy of positivism and established sociology as a distinct social science.
- Herbert Spencer, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Erving Goffman, George Herbert Mead, William Julius Wilson, and Margaret Mead were influential early sociologists who made important contributions to the foundations of modern sociology. Their works focused on social classes, economics, social order and control, social interaction, and cross-cultural comparisons.
- Robert E. Park emphasized understanding society through objective social scientific analysis of individual concepts, goals, status, and the various forms societies can take.
University First Year level revision notes on Classical Sociological Theory. Contains notes on Karl Marx, Max Weber and Emile Durkheim among others. All notes come from university lecture notes and online research. Includes quotes from sociologists, a history of sociology, keywords and theories and ideas.
This document provides an overview of the origins and development of sociology. It discusses the early theorists who studied and defined sociology, including Auguste Comte who is considered the founder of modern sociology. It also covers key thinkers and ideas that shaped sociology such as Marx and the concept of class conflict, Durkheim and mechanical versus organic solidarity, and Weber's ideas of verstehen and rationalization. The document traces how sociology emerged in Europe and was influenced by industrialization and the desire to scientifically study changing social conditions.
This document provides an overview of sociology as a discipline. It discusses how sociology emerged from the natural and social sciences. Key aspects of sociology highlighted include its systematic study of human society and focus on how social behavior is shaped by groups and individuals. The document then reviews several influential early thinkers in sociology such as Comte, Durkheim, Marx, and Weber. It also summarizes the development of sociology in the US, including the Chicago School. Major theoretical approaches to sociology are introduced, including structural-functionalism, social conflict, and symbolic interactionism.
Introduction to Sociology
How Sociologists View Society
history of sociology
The Father of Sociology
Sociological Theories or Perspectives
Functionalism
Conflict Theory
Symbolic Interaction Theory
Durkheim was a French sociologist who is regarded as the founder of modern sociology. Some of his most important works focused on how social forces influence human behavior and thought. He studied how the division of labor in modern societies led to both mechanical and organic solidarity. Durkheim also explored concepts like anomie, social facts, and human dualism. In his book Suicide, he analyzed suicide statistics to show how social integration and regulation impact suicide rates, treating suicide as a social fact influenced by social forces rather than just individual factors. Durkheim made major contributions to establishing sociology as a scientific discipline and understanding how social systems and social relationships shape human actions and societies.
This document provides an overview of sociology as a discipline. It discusses how sociology differs from natural sciences in focusing on abstract social features of human interaction. It outlines the key thinkers in sociology's development, including Marx, Durkheim, and Weber. It also summarizes major theoretical approaches within sociology like structural functionalism, social conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, and rational choice theory based on whether they take a macro or micro perspective on human behavior.
This document provides an overview of sociology as a field of study. It discusses what sociology is, the sociological imagination, and how sociology relates to other social sciences. It then covers several foundational thinkers in sociology such as Auguste Comte, Karl Marx, Émile Durkheim, Max Weber, W.E.B. Du Bois, and others. It also discusses three major theoretical perspectives in sociology: functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism.
This document provides an overview of sociology, discussing its key concepts and early influential thinkers. It defines sociology as the scientific study of social behavior and human groups, focusing on social relationships and how societies develop and change. It describes the sociological imagination and distinguishes sociology as a social science. The document then profiles influential early sociologists like Comte, Martineau, Spencer, Durkheim, Weber, Marx, DuBois, and Cooley and their major contributions to establishing sociology as a discipline.
EMILE DURKHEIM
(1858-1917)
EMILE DURKHEIM
(1858-1917)
I. Biography
Born April 15, 1958 in Epinal, France
Jewish, came from a long line of rabbis
Studies Talmud; rejects religion as outmoded but recognizes the role is plays in creating solidarity in society and in regulating people
EMILE DURKHEIM
Biography, Cont’d
Eventually becomes agnostic and decides on a secular career
Later studies religion from an agnostic perspective
Maintains ties to his family and religious community, despite agnosticism
1879-- Enters Ecole Normale Superieur in Paris (a very prestigious college)
Becomes interested in a scientific approach to studying society
–Goes against the philosophical approach of the college and the times
EMILE DURKHEIM
Biography, Cont’d
1882–graduates Ecole Normale Superieur
Because his ideas differ from the dominant ways of thinking about society in France at the time, he can’t find a job
1885–Moves to Germany to further his studies in the scientific method and how to use it to study society
1887–Returns to Bordeaux, France and is appointed Head of Courses on Teaching and the Social Sciences, effectively becoming Chair of the first Sociology Department in France.
Advocates the use of scientific method to study and develop better teaching methods
EMILE DURKHEIM
Biography, Cont’d
1887–Marries Louise Dreyfus, later has one son, Andre and one daughter, Marie.
1893–Publishes The Division of Labor in Society
1895–Publishes The Rules of Sociological Method
1897–Publishes Suicide: A Study in Sociology
1899–Establishes France’s first sociological journal, L’Annee Sociologique
EMILE DURKHEIM
Biography, Cont’d
1902–Appointed Charge du Cours (Head of Courses) at the Sorbonne
1906–Made a Full Professor, appointed Chair of the department Science of Education and Sociology at the Sorbonne
1912–Published The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
1916–Son Andre is killed on the Belgian front in WWI
1917–Suffered a stroke and several months later died
EMILE DURKHEIM
II. Major Contributions to Sociology
Considered by many to be the founder of sociology
Established a positivist scientific method in sociology
Established sociology as an academic discipline
His work continues to be followed by scholars interested in deviance, crime, family, education, and religion
Seeks to understand what holds society together and how.
EMILE DURKHEIM
III. Biographical and Historical Influences
A. Religious influences:
Jewish, lived in Alsace-Lorraine region of France;
early in his life Jews were tolerated;
later, in 1870s, France entered the Franco-Prussian War, when Napoleon III invaded Prussia & lost,
Jews were scapegoated & persecuted
--Durkheim becomes interested in in-group solidarity and the conditions under which it becomes stronger
EMILE DURKHEIM
III. Biographical and Historical Influences, cont’d
B. Political--the political unrest in France during his lifetime led Durkheim .
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The document discusses several pioneering sociologists and their contributions, including Auguste Comte who coined the term "sociology" and emphasized studying society scientifically, Emile Durkheim who established sociology as a distinct science and emphasized social facts, Herbert Spencer who viewed sociology through an evolutionary lens, and Max Weber who emphasized interpretive understanding of social actions. It also discusses Karl Marx's views on class struggle and contradictions leading to social change, and Talcott Parsons' concept of a social system consisting of interacting individuals organized by social norms.
This document provides an introduction to sociology. It defines sociology as the scientific study of human social relationships and interactions. Sociology offers unique benefits like helping us understand social issues, how social systems shape our lives, why societies change, and providing theoretical perspectives to study social life. The history of sociology traces back to early philosophers but was established as a distinct field by Auguste Comte in the 19th century. Important early sociologists sought to bring social concerns to light and advance sociological understanding of society. Developing a sociological imagination allows one to understand how personal lives intersect with social forces. Careers that apply sociology are also listed.
This document provides an overview of key concepts from the first 4 chapters of an introductory sociology textbook. It defines sociology as the scientific study of human interactions and relationships. Important early sociologists discussed include Comte, Durkheim, Marx, Weber, and Mills. Durkheim studied how social integration impacts suicide rates. Functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism are discussed as major sociological paradigms. The document also distinguishes between micro and macro levels of sociological analysis and emphasizes the importance of avoiding ethnocentrism.
1. Sociology is the scientific study of human society and social behavior, focusing on how social relationships influence people and how societies are established and change.
2. Early founders of sociology like Marx, Durkheim, and Weber developed sociological perspectives to understand social phenomena, and sociology continues to use theoretical frameworks like functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism.
3. Sociology has both an academic focus on developing theories and knowledge, as well as an applied focus through clinical sociology which aims to use sociological insights to address social problems.
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This document provides an overview of sociology. It defines sociology as the scientific study of human society and culture. Some key points:
- Auguste Comte coined the term "sociology" in the 19th century and defined it as the study of social dynamics and social statics.
- Major founding thinkers included Karl Marx, who studied social class and conflict, and Emile Durkheim, who defined sociology as the study of social facts.
- Sociology can be studied at the micro, macro, and meso levels and examines topics like social organization, social change, and social problems.
- Major theoretical perspectives are structural functionalism, social conflict theory, and symbolic interaction
This document provides a biography and overview of the major works and ideas of Emile Durkheim, a founding father of sociology. It notes that he was born in 1858 in France, studied philosophy and science, and went on to establish the first university course in sociology. Some of his most important works examined how societies transition from simple to complex forms held together by different types of solidarity. He is known for establishing sociology as a science and demonstrating how social forces can influence even individual acts like suicide.
1. Emile Durkheim developed sociological theory to explain individual suicide rates within a social context, arguing that suicide is related to the level of social integration and group life in society.
2. Robert Merton developed strain theory to explain deviant behavior as different ways individuals attempt to achieve socially agreed upon goals like success, when the legitimate means are blocked.
3. Modern sociologists emphasize bringing together macro-level and micro-level approaches to study how social forces shape individual behavior and vice versa.
This document provides an overview of the origins and development of sociology as a field of study. It discusses early thinkers like Auguste Comte, who coined the term "sociology" and saw it as a way to rationally improve society. It also covers contributors like Herbert Spencer, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber, who helped establish sociology as a scientific discipline focused on understanding human social behavior and group dynamics within broader social contexts through systematic study and objective analysis.
This document discusses various concepts related to ideology, subjectivity, and power in media and culture. It provides definitions and explanations of terms from theorists like Marx, Althusser, Foucault, Gramsci and others. Key concepts summarized include ideological domination, interpellation, subject positions, and Foucault's theories of power/knowledge and discourse. Examples are given of various artworks and how they relate to these conceptual frameworks.
1. Sociology is the scientific study of human society and social behavior. It focuses on how social relationships influence people's attitudes and behaviors and how societies are established and change.
2. The document outlines the key founders and early theorists of sociology, including Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and their major works and perspectives.
3. It also discusses the development of sociology in North America and challenges faced by early women and minority sociologists in pursuing the field.
1. Sociology is the scientific study of human society and social behavior, focusing on how social relationships influence people and how societies are established and change.
2. The sociological perspective examines individuals within their social context, considering factors like employment, income, gender, and experiences that shape behavior.
3. Sociology analyzes social institutions, processes, concepts, and theories to understand both the emergence of globalization and unique experiences within communities.
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An Exchange Between Durkheim and Tonnies on the Nature of Social Relations, with an
Introduction by Joan Aldous
Author(s): Joan Aldous, Emile Durkheim and Ferdinand Tonnies
Source: American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 77, No. 6 (May, 1972), pp. 1191-1200
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An Exchange between Durkheim and Tonnies on the
Nature of Social Relatioiis, with an Introduction by
Joan Aldous'
INTRODUCTION
Ferdinand Tonnies was already well established at the University of Kiel
and working on his Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft in 1885 when Jtmile
Durkheim's first contributions to sociological literature began appearing
in the publication Revue philosophique. This journal, edited by Theodule
Ribot, one of the fathers of French psychology, found a place for articles
on psychology and psychopathology as well as sociology, disciplines at the
time only recently separated from philosophy. The analyses Durkheim
supplied of various contemporary sociological works went beyond the
short book summary and reviewer's judgment we are accustomed to read-
ing today. These critiques, which initiated his own series of publications,
not only supplied the reader with the important ideas of the author, but
also provided Durkheim with an opportunity to display his own thoughts
on the subject in question. When Tonnies's classic appeared in 1887,
Durkheim had already reviewed works by Spencer, Schaffle, and Gumplo-
wicz (Alpert 1939), as well as other sociologists whose names have now
largely been forgotten. The assignment to review Gemeinsckaft und
Gesellschaft, however, came at a particularly opportune time.
The year 1887 marked Durkheim's appointment to the University of
Bordeaux, his first university position. More important, his doctoral dis-
sertation, which would appear in 1893 a ...
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The document provides an overview of key figures in the development of sociology. It discusses early theorists like Comte, Spencer, Marx, Durkheim, Weber, and Merton and their major contributions to understanding society. It notes that early sociology was dominated by European men and did not recognize important work done by women sociologists during this time period. The document also profiles some influential female sociologists from the 1800s as well as W.E.B. Du Bois, Jane Addams, Talcott Parsons, and C. Wright Mills and their significant impacts on the field.
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This document provides an overview of sociology as a field of study. It discusses what sociology is, the sociological imagination, and how sociology relates to other social sciences. It then covers several foundational thinkers in sociology such as Auguste Comte, Karl Marx, Émile Durkheim, Max Weber, W.E.B. Du Bois, and others. It also discusses three major theoretical perspectives in sociology: functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism.
This document provides an overview of sociology, discussing its key concepts and early influential thinkers. It defines sociology as the scientific study of social behavior and human groups, focusing on social relationships and how societies develop and change. It describes the sociological imagination and distinguishes sociology as a social science. The document then profiles influential early sociologists like Comte, Martineau, Spencer, Durkheim, Weber, Marx, DuBois, and Cooley and their major contributions to establishing sociology as a discipline.
EMILE DURKHEIM
(1858-1917)
EMILE DURKHEIM
(1858-1917)
I. Biography
Born April 15, 1958 in Epinal, France
Jewish, came from a long line of rabbis
Studies Talmud; rejects religion as outmoded but recognizes the role is plays in creating solidarity in society and in regulating people
EMILE DURKHEIM
Biography, Cont’d
Eventually becomes agnostic and decides on a secular career
Later studies religion from an agnostic perspective
Maintains ties to his family and religious community, despite agnosticism
1879-- Enters Ecole Normale Superieur in Paris (a very prestigious college)
Becomes interested in a scientific approach to studying society
–Goes against the philosophical approach of the college and the times
EMILE DURKHEIM
Biography, Cont’d
1882–graduates Ecole Normale Superieur
Because his ideas differ from the dominant ways of thinking about society in France at the time, he can’t find a job
1885–Moves to Germany to further his studies in the scientific method and how to use it to study society
1887–Returns to Bordeaux, France and is appointed Head of Courses on Teaching and the Social Sciences, effectively becoming Chair of the first Sociology Department in France.
Advocates the use of scientific method to study and develop better teaching methods
EMILE DURKHEIM
Biography, Cont’d
1887–Marries Louise Dreyfus, later has one son, Andre and one daughter, Marie.
1893–Publishes The Division of Labor in Society
1895–Publishes The Rules of Sociological Method
1897–Publishes Suicide: A Study in Sociology
1899–Establishes France’s first sociological journal, L’Annee Sociologique
EMILE DURKHEIM
Biography, Cont’d
1902–Appointed Charge du Cours (Head of Courses) at the Sorbonne
1906–Made a Full Professor, appointed Chair of the department Science of Education and Sociology at the Sorbonne
1912–Published The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
1916–Son Andre is killed on the Belgian front in WWI
1917–Suffered a stroke and several months later died
EMILE DURKHEIM
II. Major Contributions to Sociology
Considered by many to be the founder of sociology
Established a positivist scientific method in sociology
Established sociology as an academic discipline
His work continues to be followed by scholars interested in deviance, crime, family, education, and religion
Seeks to understand what holds society together and how.
EMILE DURKHEIM
III. Biographical and Historical Influences
A. Religious influences:
Jewish, lived in Alsace-Lorraine region of France;
early in his life Jews were tolerated;
later, in 1870s, France entered the Franco-Prussian War, when Napoleon III invaded Prussia & lost,
Jews were scapegoated & persecuted
--Durkheim becomes interested in in-group solidarity and the conditions under which it becomes stronger
EMILE DURKHEIM
III. Biographical and Historical Influences, cont’d
B. Political--the political unrest in France during his lifetime led Durkheim .
Anil 2020 sociology begning for architectureAnilKumar6372
This document discusses sociology and architecture. It provides background on sociology, including its founding fathers like Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Karl Marx. It defines sociology as the systematic study of society, its institutions, structures, and processes. The document also discusses the subject matter of sociology and different perspectives on defining it. Finally, it explains that sociology of architecture studies the built environment and role of architects in modern societies. Architecture represents the material culture of a society through various building types.
The document discusses several pioneering sociologists and their contributions, including Auguste Comte who coined the term "sociology" and emphasized studying society scientifically, Emile Durkheim who established sociology as a distinct science and emphasized social facts, Herbert Spencer who viewed sociology through an evolutionary lens, and Max Weber who emphasized interpretive understanding of social actions. It also discusses Karl Marx's views on class struggle and contradictions leading to social change, and Talcott Parsons' concept of a social system consisting of interacting individuals organized by social norms.
This document provides an introduction to sociology. It defines sociology as the scientific study of human social relationships and interactions. Sociology offers unique benefits like helping us understand social issues, how social systems shape our lives, why societies change, and providing theoretical perspectives to study social life. The history of sociology traces back to early philosophers but was established as a distinct field by Auguste Comte in the 19th century. Important early sociologists sought to bring social concerns to light and advance sociological understanding of society. Developing a sociological imagination allows one to understand how personal lives intersect with social forces. Careers that apply sociology are also listed.
This document provides an overview of key concepts from the first 4 chapters of an introductory sociology textbook. It defines sociology as the scientific study of human interactions and relationships. Important early sociologists discussed include Comte, Durkheim, Marx, Weber, and Mills. Durkheim studied how social integration impacts suicide rates. Functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism are discussed as major sociological paradigms. The document also distinguishes between micro and macro levels of sociological analysis and emphasizes the importance of avoiding ethnocentrism.
1. Sociology is the scientific study of human society and social behavior, focusing on how social relationships influence people and how societies are established and change.
2. Early founders of sociology like Marx, Durkheim, and Weber developed sociological perspectives to understand social phenomena, and sociology continues to use theoretical frameworks like functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism.
3. Sociology has both an academic focus on developing theories and knowledge, as well as an applied focus through clinical sociology which aims to use sociological insights to address social problems.
Lesson 1 introduction to sociology (prelim)Apol Maligdong
This document provides an overview of sociology. It defines sociology as the scientific study of human society and culture. Some key points:
- Auguste Comte coined the term "sociology" in the 19th century and defined it as the study of social dynamics and social statics.
- Major founding thinkers included Karl Marx, who studied social class and conflict, and Emile Durkheim, who defined sociology as the study of social facts.
- Sociology can be studied at the micro, macro, and meso levels and examines topics like social organization, social change, and social problems.
- Major theoretical perspectives are structural functionalism, social conflict theory, and symbolic interaction
This document provides a biography and overview of the major works and ideas of Emile Durkheim, a founding father of sociology. It notes that he was born in 1858 in France, studied philosophy and science, and went on to establish the first university course in sociology. Some of his most important works examined how societies transition from simple to complex forms held together by different types of solidarity. He is known for establishing sociology as a science and demonstrating how social forces can influence even individual acts like suicide.
1. Emile Durkheim developed sociological theory to explain individual suicide rates within a social context, arguing that suicide is related to the level of social integration and group life in society.
2. Robert Merton developed strain theory to explain deviant behavior as different ways individuals attempt to achieve socially agreed upon goals like success, when the legitimate means are blocked.
3. Modern sociologists emphasize bringing together macro-level and micro-level approaches to study how social forces shape individual behavior and vice versa.
This document provides an overview of the origins and development of sociology as a field of study. It discusses early thinkers like Auguste Comte, who coined the term "sociology" and saw it as a way to rationally improve society. It also covers contributors like Herbert Spencer, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber, who helped establish sociology as a scientific discipline focused on understanding human social behavior and group dynamics within broader social contexts through systematic study and objective analysis.
This document discusses various concepts related to ideology, subjectivity, and power in media and culture. It provides definitions and explanations of terms from theorists like Marx, Althusser, Foucault, Gramsci and others. Key concepts summarized include ideological domination, interpellation, subject positions, and Foucault's theories of power/knowledge and discourse. Examples are given of various artworks and how they relate to these conceptual frameworks.
1. Sociology is the scientific study of human society and social behavior. It focuses on how social relationships influence people's attitudes and behaviors and how societies are established and change.
2. The document outlines the key founders and early theorists of sociology, including Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and their major works and perspectives.
3. It also discusses the development of sociology in North America and challenges faced by early women and minority sociologists in pursuing the field.
1. Sociology is the scientific study of human society and social behavior, focusing on how social relationships influence people and how societies are established and change.
2. The sociological perspective examines individuals within their social context, considering factors like employment, income, gender, and experiences that shape behavior.
3. Sociology analyzes social institutions, processes, concepts, and theories to understand both the emergence of globalization and unique experiences within communities.
The course is to a large extend considered satisfactory for the meant students as it offers the candidates the base line knowledge in social aspects of the health , social systems and their impact on health and /or illness
The University of Chicago Press is collaborating with JSTOR .docxjoyjonna282
The University of Chicago Press is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to American Journal of
Sociology.
http://www.jstor.org
An Exchange Between Durkheim and Tonnies on the Nature of Social Relations, with an
Introduction by Joan Aldous
Author(s): Joan Aldous, Emile Durkheim and Ferdinand Tonnies
Source: American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 77, No. 6 (May, 1972), pp. 1191-1200
Published by: The University of Chicago Press
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2776225
Accessed: 21-09-2015 02:10 UTC
Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/page/
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An Exchange between Durkheim and Tonnies on the
Nature of Social Relatioiis, with an Introduction by
Joan Aldous'
INTRODUCTION
Ferdinand Tonnies was already well established at the University of Kiel
and working on his Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft in 1885 when Jtmile
Durkheim's first contributions to sociological literature began appearing
in the publication Revue philosophique. This journal, edited by Theodule
Ribot, one of the fathers of French psychology, found a place for articles
on psychology and psychopathology as well as sociology, disciplines at the
time only recently separated from philosophy. The analyses Durkheim
supplied of various contemporary sociological works went beyond the
short book summary and reviewer's judgment we are accustomed to read-
ing today. These critiques, which initiated his own series of publications,
not only supplied the reader with the important ideas of the author, but
also provided Durkheim with an opportunity to display his own thoughts
on the subject in question. When Tonnies's classic appeared in 1887,
Durkheim had already reviewed works by Spencer, Schaffle, and Gumplo-
wicz (Alpert 1939), as well as other sociologists whose names have now
largely been forgotten. The assignment to review Gemeinsckaft und
Gesellschaft, however, came at a particularly opportune time.
The year 1887 marked Durkheim's appointment to the University of
Bordeaux, his first university position. More important, his doctoral dis-
sertation, which would appear in 1893 a ...
Social science lecture 1(part-2) ppt summer 2011Sajib
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2. For Marx history is:
Story of human labor and struggle
It is not a story of struggle of Abstract Idea
It is a story of human struggle against and in a hostile
Struggle for
survival
Against One
Another
One Class Against
Another
Against Nature
3. “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of
Class Struggle”
Master
Serf
Slave Society
Lord
Feudal Society
Slave
Worker
Capitalist
Capitalist Society
History is the story of class struggle over opposing material interest
and resources
Marx Interpreted Every Society on the Basis of
Matter / Economy
4. “ Before Man do anything else they must first produce the means of their subsistence.
Everything Else follows from the necessity to produce material means of our
subsistence
Basic Human Activity
Material Production
Food Cloth Shelter
Origin Of Class
5. Material Production
Social Relations
of Production
Material Forces of
Production
How you are related to forces of
Production
You own It You Don’t Own It
Dominant class Subservient Class
Origin Of Classes
What helps in production
•Raw Material
•Machines
•Tools
•Factories
•Equipments
6. Dominant Class
Dominated Class
Master
Feudal Lords
Capitalist
Slaves
Serfs
Workers
Always Less In Number
Always More in Number
Haves
Have- Nots
Every
Society
Capitalist Society
Slave Society
Feudal Society
7. Two Methods of
Domination
By Controlling the thoughts ,belief, and ideas of
Working Class
Controlling the Consciousness
Over the Material and
Economic Base
There is an Ideological
Super Structure
By Controlling the
means of Violence
Army, Police
Court
8. Base
Material Forces of
Production
Social Relations of
Production
Ideas, Culture, Belief,
Morality, Law ,
Religion
Ideological Superstructure
Economics
Society
Culture
Functions of Ideological Super structure
To justify and legitimize the division of
labor, class difference, vast inequality of
wealth, status and power that exist in the
society
Working class Suffers from
False consciousness
Remain a class in itself
9. Philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways.
The point however is to change it.
10. MARX’S CONCEPT OF ALIENATION
◦ Alienation literally means “separation from”
◦ Marx has conceived of alienation as a phenomenon
related to the structure of those societies in which
the producer is divorced from the means of
production and in which “dead labour”
(capital) dominates “living labour” (the worker)
◦ In Marx’s sense alienation is an action through which
(or a state in which) a person, a group, an institution,
or a society becomes (or remains) alien
11. a) to the results or products of its own activity (and to the activity itself), and/or
b) to the nature in which it lives, and/or
c) to other human beings, and in addition and through any or all of
d) to itself (to its own historically created human possibilities).
◦ Alienation is always self-alienation, i.e., one’s alienation
from oneself through one’s own activity. The de- alienation of
society is therefore impossible without the abolition of the
alienation of different human activities from each other.
13. EMILE DURKHEIM
◦ Emile Durkheim was a French sociologist
◦ Auguste Comte and Emile Durkheim are
known
for their contribution in providing credibility to
sociology and establishing it as an independent
academic discipline.
◦ According to Durkheim it was possible to
develop a scientific study of society
14. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF EMILE
DURKHEIM
◦ Emile Durkheim was born on 15th April 1858
in a small town in Eastern France called Epinal.
◦ He grew up in a Jewish family, and his father
was a rabbi (i.e., a spiritual leader and religious
teacher of Jewish community).
◦ He grew up in a family with a high focus on
morality and discipline
15. ◦ He gave up Judaism and Christianity.
◦ He was of the opinion that these religions cannot
provide answers to the problems of the modern World.
◦ He retained an interest in the intellectual investigation
of religion and morality throughout his academic career.
16. ◦ For higher education, Durkheim joined Ecole
Normale Superieure, the most distinguished
college in France in 1879.
◦ He was initially interested in psychology and
philosophy
◦ In his third year he decided to study sociology,
which according to him was more ‘rational’,
‘scientific’ and ‘practical’ in understanding
philosophical questions.
17. ◦ Durkheim was influenced by neo-Kantian
scholars like Renouvier and Boutroux.
◦ Boutroux’s thinking influenced Durkheim.
◦ Boutroux held that the subject matter of each
discipline should be distinct.
18. ◦ Durkheim was influenced by Renouvier’s
commitment to rationalism, scientific study of
morality and secular education.
◦ Durkheim was also influenced by the
historian Fustel de Coulanges
.
19. ◦ who advocated the scientific method and laid
stress on the importance of religion in social
life
◦ From 1882-87 Durkheim taught philosophy in
state-run secondary schools near Paris.
◦ By this time he had decided on a topic for his
doctoral thesis: the relation between
individualism and socialism.
20. ◦ He later focused on the relation between
individual and society.
◦ Montesquieu was a French political scientist,
◦ He tried to explain different types of states
through other facts.
◦ He was a premier political thinker who wanted
to introduce scientific,
21. ◦ comparative approach to the study of
social/political institutions
◦ Durkheim considered him to be one of the
forerunners of sociology.
◦ Finally he finalized his topic to the relation
between individual personality and social
solidarity.
22. ◦ He had completed the first draft of his
dissertation in 1886 and the ideas subsumed
in it were incorporated in his first book,
◦ “The Division of Labour in Society”.
◦ In England Adam Smith, and economist, had
written a century earlier the path breaking
book “The Wealth of Nation” (1776),
23. ◦ which provided a theory of division of labour.
◦ It helped in increasing production, efficiency
and wealth.
◦ The revolutionary idea (division of labour)
was a given a social meaning by Durkheim
◦ who wrote about functions, causes and
abnormal forms of division of labour, not in
the economic, but in the social field, in society
itself
24. ◦ Durkheim explained the method of this study
in “The Rules of Sociological Method.”
◦ In this book, he defined the nature of social
facts, laid down the rules for their observation,
recognition of the normal and the
pathological, for explanation of social facts.
◦ Durkheim wrote a work on Suicide. He
wanted to show its social aspects, and tried to
explain the social conditions under which
suicide rates go up.
◦
25. ◦ He identified three types of suicides and
said that each type had different causes
◦ In 1887, that Durkeim began his career as a
Professor in University of Bordeaux.
◦ He published his first book
‘The Division of Labour in Society’ in 1893.
26. ◦ Other books that he published in Bordeaux
were
‘The Rules of Sociological Method’ in 1895
and ‘Suicide’ in 1897.
◦ In 1898, Emile Durkheim founded one of the
first sociology journals in the World, called
L’Année Sociologique
27. Social Context for the Emergence of
Sociology in Europe
◦ The emergence of sociology as a scientific
discipline can be traced to that period of
European history,
◦ which saw tremendous social, political and
economic changes as embodied in the French
Revolution and the Industrial Revolution
◦ This period of change in European society is
known as the Enlightenment Period
28. ◦ The roots of the ideas, such as the belief that
both nature and society can be studied
scientifically, that human beings are
essentially rational and that a society built on
rational principles will make human beings
realize their infinite potentials, can be traced
in the development of science and commerce
in Europe.
◦ The new outlook developed as a result of the
Commercial Revolution and the Scientific
Revolution and crystalised during the French
and the Industrial Revolutions gave birth to
sociology as a discipline
29. ◦ There was increase in the assertion of the
Individual political rights and a decrease in the
collective authority of the state.
◦ In 1871, France was facing a political crisis
and there was a decline in national unity.
France worked towards political consolidation
by focussing on social progress
◦ Durkheim believed that the sociological
method could provide solutions to the decay
in moral order.
30. INTELLECTUAL INFLUENCES ON
DURKHEIM’S WORKS
◦ Social Realism-
◦ Durkheim provided social explanations for all
phenomena
◦ Durkheim was a social realist as he visualized
society as sui generis and having an existence
prior to the individual
◦ As per the utilitarian social theory advocated
by John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham,
individuals were autonomous and were not
restrained by larger social rules. But
Durkheim rejected this
31. ◦ Contrary to them, Durkheim held that society
precedes the individual.
◦ Society and individual are inseparable. There
exists a social constraint on individuals their
actions are not strictly utilitarian
◦ He believed that human action is not based on
common motives or driven towards self-
interest, but there is an external constraint that
exists which leads us to engage in certain
actions.
32. ◦ This led Durkheim to write “ The Rules of
Sociological Method”
◦ J.J. Rousseau had an influence on Durkheim’s
thoughts on morality and society.
◦ Durkheim was influenced by Rousseau’s
belief that there is a need for common social
and moral rules that can keep society together.
33. ◦ Durkheim did not agree with Rousseau’s
individualist theories
◦ Rousseau held that collective will draws from
many individual wills and therefore society in
that sense emerges from the individual will.
◦ Durkheim on the other hand analysed
morality in relation to society.
34. ◦ Hobbes who held that individuals contract out
of nature and paid emphasis on individual
◦ Durkheim held that constraint emerges from
the collective and not the individual
◦ Acc to Herbert Spenser it is individuals who
are engaged in self- interested acts who work
towards maintaining the social whole.
35. ◦ Durkheim held that social integration is not
the result of individual actions but a shared
sense of solidarity that keeps the society
together.
◦ In the book, The Rules of Sociological
Method Durkheim developed the
methodological framework to study society
◦ He held that sociology is a study of ‘social
facts’ as suicide rates, religious affiliations,
moral rules etc.
36. ◦ These social facts exercise a constraint upon
the individual.
◦ The ultimate social reality is the group and not
the individual
◦ The social facts are external and cannot be
reduced to individual facts
37. Scientism and Influence of Positivism
◦ The term ‘sociology’was founded by Auguste
Comte in 1882
◦ 1887 Durkheim instituted the study of
sociology as an academic discipline
◦ sociology could be established as a scientific
discipline only when the causal relations
underlying social activities could be studied.
◦ .
38. ◦ Durkheim was influenced by Montesquieu’s
idea that a science of society was concerned
with the exploration of facts rather than mere
speculation
◦ Saint Simon contributed an idea of a science
of society
◦ Comte developed a method and ranked the
various sciences as positivistic and
nonpositivistic.
39. ◦ Durkheim held that society was ‘sui generis’
and could be subjected to scientific
investigation and could not be simply reduced
to the individuals composing it or to
individual acts
◦ Durkheim was working towards establishing
the status of sociology as a scientific
discipline separate from, and not subsumed by
philosophy.
◦ In order to understand the evolution of
societies they applied the comparative
method to understand the causal laws in the
simple and modern societies.
40. Functionalism
◦ Durkheim incorporated Comte’s and
Spencer’s organic analogy in the study of
society
◦ The various parts of society are interrelated
and work together to maintain a stable whole
◦ Social integration is possible as all parts of
society function to maintain the social whole
41. ◦ In simple societies the beliefs and sentiments
have a greater constraining force
◦ With the growth of population society
becomes more complex and tasks are
differentiated.
◦ Division of labour and specialization of tasks
entails that individuals are dependent upon
one another
◦ Herbert Spencer, typified societies as simple
and compound
42. Division of Labour in Society
◦ Emile Durkheim typified societies on the basis
of mechanical and organic solidarity.
◦ Division of labour exists in different sectors of
society and Durkheim did not limit his
understanding to strictly economic exchanges.
◦ division of labour is a social phenomenon and
merits social explanation
43. ◦ Durkheim held that solidarity can be
expressed in two distinct ways which are
‘mechanical’ and ‘organic’
◦ In small societies with mechanical solidarity,
individual autonomy is lowest and society is
characterized by likeness of beliefs.
◦ here is no specialization of tasks and very
little division of labour. collective conscience
pervades amongst all individuals in the group
44. Division of Labour in Society
◦ In such a society the institution of religion is
dominant and an individual’s place in
society is determined by kinship.
◦ There is a system of penal law which punishes
crimes violently so as to reaffirm the core
beliefs and values. This law is repressive and
severely punishes the offence.
◦ The individuals are more dependent on one
another for specialized functions and this
leads to social cohesion and increase in
individual autonomy.
45. ◦ Restitutive law is operative in primitive
socities and aims at restoring the wrongs to
their original state.
◦ Durkheim held that in society there are social
facts that exercised a constraint on individuals.
◦ Durkheim wrote the Rules of Sociological
Method because he wanted to develop a
framework for the methodical investigation
for the subject matter of sociology.
46. Social facts
◦ he held that sociology as a scientific discipline
should deal with social facts and these social facts
are things in society.
◦ He held that just as natural facts, social facts will
be external.
◦ This means that they will have an independent
existence regardless of the beliefs or opinions that
we may have about them
47. ◦ Social facts have an existence outside the
individual consciousness and have an
objective existence prior to an individual’s
birth. Therefore, they have an external
existence and are passed on from generation to
generation.
◦ In The Rules of Sociological Method
Durkheim employed an organic analogy to
the study of society and developed a criterion
to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy
societies
48. ◦ According to Durkheim, social phenomena is
said to be normal when it is generally
distributed throughout society and also occurs
in other societies under general conditions.
Social phenomena is said to be pathological if
it deviates from the phenomena that is
generally diffused in society.
49. Suicide
◦ Durkheim held that suicide could not be
explained by individual or psychological
factors but should be explained by analyzing
the link between social institutions and the
individual.
◦ He held that the rate of suicide in a society is
related to other social institutions like
marriage, family and religious institutions. He
therefore studied suicide collectively rather
than individually
50. ◦ Durkheim explained various forms of suicide
by looking at how individuals are able to
develop bonds in society and how individuals
are regulated by society
◦ He described the egoistic and altruistic
suicides by referring to the level of social
integration of individuals.
51. ◦ He examined the anomic and fatalistic
suicides by referring to the level of social
regulation of individuals.
◦ Egoistic suicide results from the absence of
social bonds and the loosening of attachment
of individuals to groups in society.
◦ altruistic suicide in which individuals are
excessively integrated with society and give
up their life for society
52. ◦ anomic suicide which occurs when there is a
weakening of social regulation. in times of economic
prosperity or hardship there may be an increase
in levels of anomic suicide.
◦ fatalistic suicide which occurs when individuals
are excessively regulated by society. Durkheim
explains this type of suicide by referring to
the case of suicide by slaves.
53. Collective conscience
◦ According to Durkheim The collective
conscience is the body of beliefs, practises and
common sentiment held throughout society
and it gives social purpose and structures
social life.
◦ The collective conscience is characterized by
a likeness of moral and mental sentiments.
◦ .
54. ◦ The collective conscience is different from
individual conscience. It is diffused throughout
society. The collective conscience has a role in
maintaining social solidarity and also connecting
different generations to each other
55. Religion and Manifestation of the Social
◦ The Elementary Forms of Religious Life was
published in 1912
◦ He propounded a scientific study of religion
based on observation and exploration.
◦ For Durkheim, religion helped people make
sense of the world and religion personifies the
society. He held that religion is made up of
beliefs and rituals.
56. ◦ Beliefs for Durkheim were the ideas that were
focused towards the sacred.
◦ Rituals on the were the actions that were
directed towards the sacred.
◦ He held that universally the religious
worldview is divided into two domains that is
the sacred and the profane.
◦ A thing, belief or act is sacred because it is
believed to be sacred by the society
57. Unit 6 - Social Fact
◦Because of efforts of Durkheim sociology accepted as an
autonomous academic discipline.
◦He won recognition for the idea of a science of society,
which could contribute to the study of moral and
intellectual problems of modern society
◦While discussing Durkheim’s conception of Sociology
we shall focus on three important aspects
58. (a) general conditions for
establishment of social science
(b) sociology as a study of ‘social facts’
(c) the sociological method
59. GENERAL CONDITIONS FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
◦ Sociology was just emerging as a distinctive
discipline in Durkheim’s lifetime.
◦ It was only in 1887 that the first chair in social
science was created for Durkheim by the
French Government at the University of
Bordeaux.
◦ It was many years later that he received the
title of Professor of Sociology at Sorbonne in
Paris.
60. ◦ Given the existing situation, Durkheim was
explicitly concerned with outlining the nature
and scope of Sociology
◦ Durkheim considered social sciences to be
distinct from natural sciences because social
sciences dealt with human relationships
◦ the method used in the natural sciences could
be used in the social sciences as well
61. ◦ Durkheim (1960: 3-13) laid down the general
conditions for the establishment of a social
science (which also apply to Sociology)
1. Acc to him Science, is not coextensive with
human knowledge or thought. Not every
type of question the mind can formulate can
be tested by science. Thus, science deals
with a specified, area — or a subject matter
of its own, not with total knowledge.
62. 2. Science must have a definite field to explore.
Science is concerned with things, objective
realities. For social science to exist it must have a
definite subject matter
3. Science does not describe individuals but
types or classes of subject matter. If human
societies be classified then they help us in
arriving at general rules and discover
regularities of behaviour.
63. 4. Social science, which classifies the various
human societies, describes the normal form
of social life in each type of society, for the
simple reason that it describes the type itself;
whatever pertains to the type is normal and
whatever is normal is healthy.
5. The subject matter, of a science yields
general principles or ‘laws’. If societies were
not subject to regularities, no social science
would be possible. Durkhiem further points
out that since the principle that all the
phenomena of the universe
64. are closely interrelated has been found to be
true in the other domains of nature, it is also
valid for human societies, which are a part of
nature. In putting forth the idea that there is a
continuity of the natural and social worlds,
Durkheim has been strongly influenced by
Comte
6. Although there is continuity between the
natural and social worlds, the social is as
distinctive and autonomous a sphere of subject
matter as either the biological or the physical.
65. 7. The methods of science applicable in the field
of the natural sciences are valid within the social
field.
66. SOCIOLOGY AS A STUDY OF ‘SOCIAL
FACTS
◦ In defining the subject matter of sociology two
tasks are involved
◦ (a) defining the total field of study and
◦ (b) defining the sort of ‘thing’ which will be
found in this field.
◦ In his book, The Rules of Sociological Method,
published in 1895, Durkheim is concerned with
the second task and calls social facts the
subject matter of sociology.
67. ◦ Durkheim defines social facts as “ways of
acting, thinking and feeling, external to the
individual, and endowed with a power of
coercion by reason of which they control him
◦ To Durkheim society is a reality suigeneris