Transcription of Chapter 1: The Sociological Perspective
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1 | Page Chapter 1: The Sociological Perspective Chapter Summary Sociology offers a Perspective , a view of the world. The Sociological Perspective opens a window into unfamiliar worlds and offers a fresh look at familiar worlds. Sociologists study the broader social contexts that underlie human behavior. These include the social groups that influence human behavior and the larger society that organizes it. The Sociological Perspective is an approach to understanding human behavior by placing it within its broader social context. C. Wright Mills referred to the Sociological Perspective as the intersection of biography (the individual) and history (social factors that influence the individual). Sociology is one of several disciplines referred to as a social science.
proletariat was the foundation of the conflict perspective, believed that class conflict was the key to human history. Marx believed that the conflict and struggle would end only with a revolution by the working class. E. Emile Durkheim played an important role in the development of sociology. 1.
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