Final Paper
Max Weber and W.E.B. Du Bois in a Functionalist and Symbolic Perspective Everyone makes their own theory about the social world. Many social theorists look at most theories through one of the three perspectives: functionalist, conflict, or symbolic. In doing so they developed theories, study research, and speculate on many different social issues in life. In addition to the intense studies, they came up with new data and extra material to use with their own research to develop new ideas. This is the case with Max Weber and W.E.B Bu Bois. They both took a different perspective and applied it to their everyday life and developed outstanding theories of their era. In this paper, I will discuss the functionalist and symbolic perspectives of Max Weber and W.E.B. Du Bois. …show more content…
For example, a child raised by a single parent home is less likely to go to college and more likely to drop out due to failing grades; whereas a child who is in a home with both mom and dad and have help with college and homework, have better chances on passing high school and continuing their education with college. In a functionalist perspective’s view, the reason of this is being in a single parent home, time is very limited to having to work and other important things other than the well-being of their child’s education. Emile Durkheim uses the functionalist perspective in many of his works, in which he and Max Weber became some of the best and important theorist of sociology. Some of Max works is outlined in Talcott Parsons theories in the 1930’s (Ritzer and Stepnisky
Max Weber and W.E.B. Du Bois in a Functionalist and Symbolic Perspective Everyone makes their own theory about the social world. Many social theorists look at most theories through one of the three perspectives: functionalist, conflict, or symbolic. In doing so they developed theories, study research, and speculate on many different social issues in life. In addition to the intense studies, they came up with new data and extra material to use with their own research to develop new ideas. This is the case with Max Weber and W.E.B Bu Bois. They both took a different perspective and applied it to their everyday life and developed outstanding theories of their era. In this paper, I will discuss the functionalist and symbolic perspectives of Max Weber and W.E.B. Du Bois. …show more content…
For example, a child raised by a single parent home is less likely to go to college and more likely to drop out due to failing grades; whereas a child who is in a home with both mom and dad and have help with college and homework, have better chances on passing high school and continuing their education with college. In a functionalist perspective’s view, the reason of this is being in a single parent home, time is very limited to having to work and other important things other than the well-being of their child’s education. Emile Durkheim uses the functionalist perspective in many of his works, in which he and Max Weber became some of the best and important theorist of sociology. Some of Max works is outlined in Talcott Parsons theories in the 1930’s (Ritzer and Stepnisky