Max von Stephanitz

Question 1: Foucault versus Durkheim According to Durkheim, sociological knowledge discovers the laws of social formations to liberate man into conformity with his social being. Similarly, Foucault, genealogical critique unmasks the limits of knowledge for the purpose of exploring alternative, not- totalizing, ways of being. On the one hand, Durkheim’s cultural criticism anchors in piety. Durkheim believes that the excesses of modern individualism can only subdue within an integrated social…

C Wright Mills begins his essay “The Sociology Imagination” by looking at the contrast that exists between the “everyday worlds’” that common people are aware of, and where there are visions and their powers limited by the close-up scenes of job, neighborhood, family, and structure of continent-wide societies’. Mills defines the rare abilities that some have to see themselves in relation to the larger social processes and devices. People seem to be in a series of traps, and they cannot overcome…

Erving Goffman is considered as “one of the twentieth century’s most remarkable practitioners of social science” (Smith, 2006:1), and is known worldwide for his works, “The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life”. This publication pioneered his perspective on social interaction and the concept of self, and throughout these works, he aimed to outline the way that he believed social life works and essentially how it is made up. Moreover, these works presented ideas in which had not been previously…

THEORETICAL APPROACH Megaprojects The Concorde, in the context of project management, was quite special as it was a joint partnership between two economically and culturally different states--England and France. Bent Flyvberg is one of the first academics to study megaprojects from a program management perspective in order to better understand the economic, social, and environmental impacts, which is what drives the organizational interest in our case study of the Concorde. This paper will use…

this theory are George Herbert Mead, John Deywey, William James and Charles S.Peirce. These theorists exclaim that all the living beings try to make physical adjustment with their surrounding environment. Though Symbolic Interactionism originated by Max Weber’s expression that every individual acts according to what they perceive from the world, it was George Herbert Mead who established this theory in America in 1920s. This theory examines the society by the exclaiming the meanings that the…

In his publication, Introduction to Realistic Philosophy, John Wild unravels the social order of human life. The foundation of social order is constructed by arguing how human social interactions differ from any other living organism. Humans and mammals (closest biological ancestor) are both social by nature. Humans need others to mature mentally and physically. We gravitate toward others (friends, family, romantic relationships). Mammals like buffalo travel in herds across the great plains.…

While ontology, human nature, and epistemology have been studied by various sociologists for many years, this paper will focus on the similarities and differences between Emile Durkheim and Max Weber and their view points. Emile Durkheim’s positivist views of ontology and epistemology dealt a lot with what he meant by society. He differed from Weber in that he felt it was a reality external to individuals while Weber felt it was a product of individual actors. Collective conscious, collective…

Hobbes and Rousseau both go into great depth regarding how humans come together to form the social contract. This social contract ultimately leads to civil society. The two both contain similarities and also apparent differences on topics such as: the state of nature, human nature, the establishment and powers a sovereign possess, and rights gained and taken away after the social contract. Also, one can easily compare either of these philosophers to more modern day philosophers, including Peter…

-Jodi Tassinari Sociology 101 Dr. Boyle 11/8/17 Exam Essay Question 1 Sociology and the scientific method go hand in hand. Applying a scientific analysis helps us begin to understand how groups of people are affected by life, values, beliefs, behaviors and the way society is organized. With the scientific method, sociologists can organize and understand questions about society. The scientific method is composed of six different steps, ask a question, research existing sources, formulate a…

All throughout history, humans have been infatuated with power. People gaining power, people taking power, and people looking for more power. In Latin there are 25 different words used to describe different kinds of power that existed in their world. Each of these words in themselves has a definition of the kind of power they describe. Power is one of the most sought after things in the world and yet the exact definition seems unclear as it has many meanings. This is because power is largely…