The Structural Functionalist Theory
Structural-functional was very influential in sociology in the 1930s. The theory was from the idea of French philosopher Emile Durkheim, who describe “society as an organism, and within an organism, each component plays a necessary part, but none can function alone, and one experiences a crisis or fails, other parts must adept to fill the void in some way” (About.com, 2016). There were also other theorist such as Herbert Spencer, Talcott Parsons, and Robert Merton who also believed that society’s way of life is to have stability and harmony, which describe how structural functionalism works. One theory is functionalism, which emphasizes on the function of social structure. Structuralism is another theory …show more content…
Durkhiem theorized, “ if an institutional system collapse[ed], it would affect other parts of the system that would weaken the functionality of the whole” (Studycom, 2016). Here are some examples of functionalism in the school system. The functional side is when the government collects taxes from people to fund the school system, which pays a principle to manage the school. The principal hires staff such as teachers or professors to educate the students, so they can have a better opportunity to learn and find a good job in the future, which contributes the economic system. Imagine if the people did not pay taxes to the government; there would be no funds to support schools and staff, which means no education for students, therefore there are no contribution to the economy because they could not find a job. Another good example is a bee colony. Bees live in a structure social system, where each bee has a duty within that system. The duty for the workers and queen may be different, but they all have the same goal to maintain functional unit to make honey for the colony in order to …show more content…
He was a German philosopher, economist, and revolutionary socialist. Karl Marx was born in middle-class home in city of Trier, Germany on May 5, 1818. He attended the University of Bonn in October of 1835, where he attended courses to study law because his father always wanted him to become a lawyer. He was more interested in philosophy because he wanted to become a dramatist and a poet. He was introduced to Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, a German philosopher who later established the school of Hegelianism. This is when he joined the Young Hegelians, a radical group who bashed the governmental and religious establishments, and began exploring sociopolitical theories. During his stay, he spent a day in jail for drunken and disorderly conduct, therefore his father transferred him to the University of Jena in 1841 where he earned his doctorate in philosophy. He did not sustain a teaching position because of his primitive politic ideas. He began his career as a journalist and six month later he became the editor of chief in the Rheinische Zeitung, a liberal newspaper in Cologne. He was well known for expressing his views about the society through his writing in articles. He criticized Russia, which caused the Prussian authority to prohibit the business of the newspaper a year later and as a result, he had to
Structural-functional was very influential in sociology in the 1930s. The theory was from the idea of French philosopher Emile Durkheim, who describe “society as an organism, and within an organism, each component plays a necessary part, but none can function alone, and one experiences a crisis or fails, other parts must adept to fill the void in some way” (About.com, 2016). There were also other theorist such as Herbert Spencer, Talcott Parsons, and Robert Merton who also believed that society’s way of life is to have stability and harmony, which describe how structural functionalism works. One theory is functionalism, which emphasizes on the function of social structure. Structuralism is another theory …show more content…
Durkhiem theorized, “ if an institutional system collapse[ed], it would affect other parts of the system that would weaken the functionality of the whole” (Studycom, 2016). Here are some examples of functionalism in the school system. The functional side is when the government collects taxes from people to fund the school system, which pays a principle to manage the school. The principal hires staff such as teachers or professors to educate the students, so they can have a better opportunity to learn and find a good job in the future, which contributes the economic system. Imagine if the people did not pay taxes to the government; there would be no funds to support schools and staff, which means no education for students, therefore there are no contribution to the economy because they could not find a job. Another good example is a bee colony. Bees live in a structure social system, where each bee has a duty within that system. The duty for the workers and queen may be different, but they all have the same goal to maintain functional unit to make honey for the colony in order to …show more content…
He was a German philosopher, economist, and revolutionary socialist. Karl Marx was born in middle-class home in city of Trier, Germany on May 5, 1818. He attended the University of Bonn in October of 1835, where he attended courses to study law because his father always wanted him to become a lawyer. He was more interested in philosophy because he wanted to become a dramatist and a poet. He was introduced to Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, a German philosopher who later established the school of Hegelianism. This is when he joined the Young Hegelians, a radical group who bashed the governmental and religious establishments, and began exploring sociopolitical theories. During his stay, he spent a day in jail for drunken and disorderly conduct, therefore his father transferred him to the University of Jena in 1841 where he earned his doctorate in philosophy. He did not sustain a teaching position because of his primitive politic ideas. He began his career as a journalist and six month later he became the editor of chief in the Rheinische Zeitung, a liberal newspaper in Cologne. He was well known for expressing his views about the society through his writing in articles. He criticized Russia, which caused the Prussian authority to prohibit the business of the newspaper a year later and as a result, he had to