Sociologists
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 C Wright Mils | Created something called the sociological imagination. A humanistic view of sociology and how it affects history and society. Conflict Wrote "the Power Elitee" |
| Auguste Comte | Said that every science, including sociology, went through three stages: Theological, metaphysical and positive. Father of Sociology |
| Harriet Martineau | One of the first sociologists, right after Comte. Studied sociology in England. |
| Karl Marx | Was a conflict theorists and the leader of communism. Believed that the burgeoisie exploited the proletariat. Class Conflict Said elimination of conflict would create true community. Said that eventually the proletariat would rebel and achieve this. |
| Emile Durkheim | Studied and categorized suicide into four types: anomic, altruistic, fatalistic, Functionalist Studied how society limits man and gives our lives meaning and purpose. Saw deviance as a result of normlessness "the Elementary Forms of Religious Life" Said that religion seeks to create meaning in society and express it through rituals. |
| Max Weber | explained the origins of capitalism and tested Comte's ideas. Studied understanding and ideas. Said the protestant ethic led to the industrial revolution. Created denotative and connotative understanding. Developed ideal bureaucracy Studied Kinship Believed in Authority Legitimacy Created three types of authority: traditional, rational legal and charismatic The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit off Capitalism - Author unlike marx, thought class would continue |
| Lester Ward | Took a humanistic approach to sociology at the turn of the century with William Graham. |
| William Graham | Took a humanistic approach to sociology at the turn of the century with Lester Ward. |
| George Herbert Mead | Worked at the university of Chicago and originated psychology. Concept of 'me' and 'I' to explain self image and individual. Studied play taking on roles as children. |
| Robert Park | Concentrated on Chicago studying drug addiction, crime, prostitution, and juvenile delinquency. (w ernest burgess) |
| Ernest Burgess | Studied city life in Chicago and explored drug addiction, crime, prostitution, and juvenile delinquency with Robert Park. |
| Talcott Parsons | A functionalist and advocated the "Grand Theory." Said that society was built on the organization of interrelated parts. |
| Robert Merton | Distinguished manifest, latent or unintended consequences of social structure. Believed this functions either functional or dysfunctional. |
| Dennis Wrong | Attempted to end the "oversocialized" and the too socially determined "man in sociology" |
| Erving Goffman | Dramaturgy Role-Distance |
| Herbert Spencer | Functionalist. |
| Charles Horton Cooley | Looking-glass self. Primary and Secondary relationships |
| Ferdinand Tonnies | Gemeinschaft Gesellschaft |
| George Simmel | Dyad and Triad. |
| J. L. Moreno | Sociometry: the direction of interactions in a group. |
| Robert Michel | Iron law of Oligarchy: says that a few individuals hold sway over an organization and look to their own interests. |
| Robert Merton | Studied social deviance as a result of normlessness. |
| G. William Domhoff | Believed in a governing class that controlled most of the power. These were mad of the rich and upper class. |
| David Riesman | Believed in the unequal distribution, but didn't think of the elite as a group. They all had separate interests so that no group dominated. Elite Pluralist |
| Kingsley Davis | Was a functionalist, believing structure was necessary. And studied demographics. |
| Wilbert Moore | Said that stratification was necessary for society to function. Since some have better abilities, they need an incentive to use them. |
| Emerge norm theory | Ralph Turner and Lewis Killian developed this collective behavior theory. |
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