Sociology Timeline
Structural Functionism
Talcott Parsons (1902-1978)
Values in society
people act according to their values
Social phenomena
society defined by their purpose
Emile Durkheim (1858-1917)
Functionalism
humans are social creatures
Suicide
causes are related to the
societies we live in
Conflict Theory
C. Wright Mills
Sociological Imagination
The ability to connect
individual experience to social realities
Karl Marx 1818-1883
Revolution
The poor will eventually rebel
Class conflict
wealthy makes it impossible
for the poor to achieve.
Symbolic Interactionism
Charles Cooley and George Mead
Socialization
individual learn
appropriate behavior and skills
Primary Group
set of people with whom
an individual has connection
Max Weber (1864-1920)
Rationalization
social actions
motivated by morality
Bureaucracy
works better
than revolution
Feminist Sociology
Dorothy Smith (1926-)
Alienation Of Women
Women are isolated
from the experience
