Several major themes, ideas, arguments that were presented in chapter 1 that has introduced the discipline of sociology to me are Social Darwinism, conflict theory, and Weberian theory. Social Darwinism is essentially the application of Charles Darwin’s “survival of the fittest” theory to society. The incorporation of Social Darwinism in sociology helps my understanding of the social world by observing people who have different intentions of how to reach their goals. An example would be someone at work who wants to get a promotion and their strategy on doing so relies on cutthroat means, without any regard for their colleagues. A second major theme is the conflict theory: the belief that the basis of society is social inequality, and social
