Chapter One: The World of Sociology1)Sociology:●The study of human society, people in groups, and social behavior (from largescale institutions and mass culture to small groups and individual interactions).●The study of people doing things together.●Sociology is one of the social sciences: the disciplines that use the scientificmethod to examine the social world, in contrast to natural science, whichexamines the physical world.2)The Sociological Imagination:●C.Wright Mills used the term to describe the ability to look at issues from asociological perspective: ability to understand the intersection between biographyand history, the interplay between the self and the world: A beginner's mindwhich means approaching the world without preconceptions in order to see thingsin a new way.3)What is Sociology?:●Microsociology studies face to face and small group interactions●Macrosociology studies large scale social structures4)Where did Sociology Come From? Sociology’s Family Tree:●Sociology’s Roots: Auguste Comte, Harriet Martineau, and Herbert Spencer●AC: often only remembered for the term sociology, he developed the theory ofpositivism which argues sense perceptions are the only sense of knowledge.●HM: English journalist, she traveled to the U.S, translated work into english.●HS: referred to as the world's first english speaking socialist.●Emile Durkheim: social bonds exist in society, different societies require differentbonds, even the most individualistic actions were rooted, studied suicide,although this is a private act this was a social thing.●Karl Marx: argued that capitalism was creating conflict and inequality.●Max Weber: personal values and emotions, taking pride in what you do.●W.E.B Dubois: race relations in the U.S, got his PhD, theory of doubleconsciousness. Connected social analysis with reform.●Jane Addams: applied sociology, wanted to work with the places and peoplewhere our studies were being done.
