AUGUSTE COMTE

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AUGUSTE COMTE

• FRENCH PHILOSOPHER
• FOUNDER OF SOCIOLOGY
• CONCERNED WITH 2 PROBLEMS IN SOCIETY ORDER AND
  CHANGE
• LIVED THROUGH THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

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KARL MARX

• BORN IN GERMANY 1818-1883
• BELIEVED THE STRUCTURE OF SOCIETY IS INFLUENCED
  BY HOW THE ECONOMY IS ORGANIZED
• SOCIETY IS DIVIDED BETWEEN THOSE WHO OWN THE
  MEANS OF PRODUCTION AND THOSE WHO ARE DOING THE
  WORK
• MARXISTS
• CONFLICT IS THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF SOCIAL CHANGE
• DID NOT BELIEVE IN CAPITALISM

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HERBERT SPENCER

• 1820-1903 ENGLISH
• INFLUENCED BY CHARLES DARWIN THEORY OF SURVIVAL
  OF THE FITTEST
• HE VIEWED SOCIETY AS A SET OF INTERDEPENDENT
  PARTS THAT WORK TOGETHER TO MAINTAIN THE SOCIETY
• SOCIAL DARWINISM
• BELIEVED THAT THE FITTEST SOCIETIES WOULD SURVIVE
  AND LEAD TO A BETTER WORLD

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EMILE DURKHEIM

• FRENCH 1858-1917
• OFFERED THE FIRST SOCIAL SCIENCE COURSE IN A
  FRENCH UNIVERSITY
• BELIEFS AND VALUES ARE WHAT HOLD A SOCIETY
  TOGETHER
• USED SCIENTIFIC METHODS TO STUDY SOCIOLOGY
• USE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TO TEST HIS THEORIES

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MAX WEBER

• GERMAN 1864-1920
• 1910 FOUNDED THE GERMAN SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY
• INTERESTED IN GROUPS WITHIN SOCIETY
• ANALYZED THE EFFECTS OF SOCIETY ON THE INDIVIDUAL
• MUST TRY TO UNCOVER THE FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS OF
  AN INDIVIDUAL (VERSTEHEN)
• IDEAL TYPE- ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AN
  ASPECT OF SOCIETY
• VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE INDIVIDUAL