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Movers and Shakers of Sociological Thought

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The Origins of Sociological Thought

Essential Question: Who were the founders of Sociology and how did their theories shape the discipline of Sociology?

Origins of Sociological Thought

Sociologists face TWO key questions

Sociology - The Human Zoo

Why Study Sociology?

Before you ever knew about Sociology, you had a world view. Being born to a middle class family in the United States, my family helped to shape my point of view. If I had been born in Chile, China, or Chad I would have a different view of the word.

Context: The Cannibal in the Mirror

Case Study #1 Office Space

Case Study #2 Rachel Canning

How did we go about answering this question? Summarizing

Objectives: What is a theory? What are sociology’s major theoretical perspectives?

Theory: a general statement about how some parts of the world fit together and how they work; an explanation of how two or more facts are related to one another