4. Gerhard Lenski- an
American Sociologist argued
that human society
undergoes transformation
and evolution and in the
process develops
technological advancement.
“the more technology a
society has, the faster it
changes”
6. making use of simple tools
to hunt animals and gather
vegetation for food
depend on the family to do
many things
although women and men
perform different tasks,
most hunters and
gatherers probably see the
sexes as having about the
same social importance
(Leacock, 1978)
people come close to
being socially equal
7. `
large-scale cultivation using plows
harnessed to animals or more
powerful energy sources
money as a common standard of
exchange, and the old barter
system was abandoned
extreme social inequality, typically
more than modern societies such
as our own
agriculture raises men to a
position of social dominance
religion reinforces the power of
elites
HorticulturalandPastoralSocieties
11. • Human began to farm and domesticate
animals.
• Animal domestication provided important
contributions to the Neolithic people.
• The development of agriculture also led to
an increase in social inequality
12. • the production of goods using
advanced sources of energy to
drive large machinery
• water power and then steam
mills
operate and
filled with large
boilers to
factories
machines
was so rapid that it
the birth of sociology
• change
sparked
itself
• weakening of close working
relationships, strong family ties,
and many of the traditional
IndustrialSocieties
13. the production of information
using computer technology
less and less labour force
the postindustrial society is at
the heart of globalization
technology has improved life
and brought the world's people
closer but establishing peace,
ensuring justice, and protecting
the environment are problems
that technology alone cannot
solve
Post-IndustrialSocieties
14. Characteristics:
• Transfer of labor workforce from
manufacturing to service
• A significant increase in the number of
professional and technical employment
and a decline in the number of skilled and
semiskilled workers
• Education as the basis of social mobility
• Human capital
15. • Application of “intellectual technology”
• Focus on communication infrastructure
• Knowledge as source of invention and
innovation
18. • Developed and highly advanced cities
• Well-defined city centers
• Complex and systematic institutions
• Organized and centralized system of
government
• Formalized and complex form of religion
• Job specialization
• Development of Social classes
• Advance technology
• System of writing and recording
19. AsaPoliticalleader….
• Craft laws
• Implement laws
• Impose justice and punishment
• Collect taxes
• Sometimes act as religious leaders as well