Soc. 100 – Ch 1: Introduction 1Lecture OutlineI. Introduction: What is sociology?II. Developing a Sociological Perspectivea. C. Wright Millsi. The Sociological Imagination, 1959ii. “troubles vs. “issues”b. Social Facts and Social ForcesIII. Foundations of Social Sciencea. Impact of the French Revolutionb. The Scientific RevolutionIV. Developing a Global PerspectiveV. Development of Sociological Thinkinga. August Comte (1798 – 1857)b. Emile Durkheim (1858 – 1918)i. Functionalism1. Mechanical Solidarity: Social order and cohesion based on a common conscience or uniform thinking and behavior2. Organic Solidarity: Social order based on interdependence and cooperation among people performing a wide range of diverse and specialized tasksii. Social constraintiii. Division of laboriv. Anomie c. Karl Marx (1818 – 1883)i. Father of conflict theoryii. Capitalism and class conflictd. Herbert Spencer (1820 – 1903) on Social Darwinisme. Max Weber (1864 – 1920) on Rationalization f. The rise of American Sociologyi. rapid urbanizationii. large-scale immigrationiii. industrializationVI. Minority Contributors to Early Sociologya. Harriet Martineau (1802 – 1876)b. W. E. B. DuBois (1868 – 1963)VII. Modern Sociological Theorya. Symbolic Interactionismb. FunctionalismSoc. 100 – Ch 1: Introduction 2Lecture Outlinei. Manifest functionsii. Latent functionsc. Conflict Theoryi. Marxism and class conflict1. proletariat: those who must sell their labor to the bourgeoisie2. bourgeoisie: the owners of the means of productionii. Economic determinismd. Feminist Theorye. Rational Choice Theoryf. Postmodern TheoryVIII. Practical Implications: How can sociology help
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