Auguste Comte

Discussion The use of positivist theories emerged with the American, French, as well as the Industrial Revolutions prompting tremendous social changes throughout the world (Bohm & Vogel, 2011). In 1820, the term positivism was attributed to Auguste Comte during his works with Saint-Simon while developing their works of physical sciences in the study of society. The belief they argued stated, human beings evolve from the theocratic stage to the metaphysical stage then finally reaching the…

This essay will be discussing the social issue of homelessness within Australia from the sociological perspective of a functionalist. This essay will firstly define what a social problem is; secondly, the definition of homelessness and the nature and extent of it within Australia; thirdly, explaining the functionalist perspective, and; lastly applying the functionalist perspective in regards to homelessness. A social problem as defined by Lauer (1976) is said to only exist when society perceives…

Candido Rondon, known colloquially as Marechal Rondon, was a devout Brazilian expansionist of both faith and civic pride. He successfully did what many before him had tried and failed to do, which was to unite Brazil. A driving force behind his seemingly superhuman motivation and desire to accomplish his goals of both unifying Western Brazil and Coastal Brazil and helping to further the rights of indigenous peoples was rooted in his ideological beliefs, namely the pseudo-religion of Positivism.…

Question 1 Marxism is a theory developed by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels on social indifference and classes through the influence of capitalism. The theory explores that society is classed according to their financial or economic standard, In the theory Karl refers to the upper class as the bourgeois and the working class as the proletarait. The theory of Marxist is not only social but also political , he believes that the people of the working class are oppressed by the government system.…

As the barriers between countries becomes an ever increasing blur, the necessity to study language is of the utmost importance in order to fully comprehend contemporary society. The ability to have the skills to use languages enables one to communicate with a wider array of cultures in order to appropriately understand the reasoning behind decisions at both a micro and macro level as well as enabling a far greater understanding of surrounding cultures in order to benefit the society's future at…

Introduction Sociologists have developed three main perspectives to decipher the social world. Each perspective evaluates the society, social patterns, and behaviors through a different lens. These traditional paradigms include structural-functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism. The structural-functional theory focuses on the interdependent role of each part that works collectively to stabilize the complex machine of society. The conflict theory considers the inevitable…

1. What are commonsense knowledge and myths, and how are they different from sociological knowledge? Common sense knowledge is usually generalizations. Common sense observations are not subjected to the strict forms of testing that is necessary for valid sociological explanations. Myths are stories of people explaining natural or social phenomenon involving supernatural events or beings. Myths are also widely held false beliefs or ideas. Sociological knowledge usually start with a theory that…

This essay will critically analyse inclusive legal positivism and will provide with arguments why it is a positivistic theory of law in name only. To do so, it will explore the essence of what legal positivism is by discussing the issues concerning morality and authority. The main argument of soft positivism being a positivistic theory in name only will consist of the assertion that the presence of morality in it makes it contradict with the essence of positivism, namely, that a connection…

Sophie Germain is one of France’s greatest female mathematician prior to revolutionary war, she was the daughter of Ambroise-François Germain and Marie-Madeleine Gruguelu. Her father worked as a part time deputy to the State-General. In his speeches he gave he referred to himself as a merchant and ardently defended the rights of the Third Estate, which he was there to represent. Somewhat later in his life time he became one of the directors of the Banque de France or in English the Bank of…

Auguste Comte, who coined the word sociology from the Latin word socius. He sought to establish sociology as a science no interference of religion arguments about society and human nature. Sociology is the study of human nature and their behavior. It is the discipline that attempts to understand social forces. In order to study people’s behavior and their nature sociologist looks at different social groups to understand how social groups shapes people’s lives. Everyone belongs to different…