1. Today: Continue Spirituality Sociologists to Know
Student Presentations
Paper Due Nov 13
(Next class, Monday is a holiday)
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” Winston Churchill

2. I Am Continued

3. What do these people have in common?
Michelle Obama
Robin Williams
Rev. Jesse Jackson
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. Ruth Westheimer (the “sex doctor”)
Regis Philbin (tv show host)
Joe Theismann (former football player)
They all majored in
Sociology

4. How did sociology start?
Mid 1800’s
Social observers began using scientific methods
Social upheaval
Success of the revolutions in America and France made people rethink social life

5. Important sociologists Why do these people matter?
Why do we learn about important people in sociology?
Helps you understand what sociology is all about
How will we learn about them?
Not memorization of names and dates
Focus on 3 important contributions of each person
Focus on how their theory is (or is not) relevant today

6. Extra Credit Presentations
Be a respectful audience
Provide eye contact
No talking or other distractions
Support your classmates

7. Auguste Comte (1798 –1857, France)
Coined the term “sociology”
Positivism: applying the scientific approach to the social world
Discover social facts AND apply info to social reform (make the world better)

8. Herbert Spencer Sociology should NOT include social reform
, England
Sociology should NOT include social reform
“Organism” theory- society is constantly evolving like an organism
Coined term “Survival of the Fittest”

9. Emile Durkheim Study of suicide Elementary Forms of Religious Life
, France
Study of suicide
Elementary Forms of Religious Life
Believed sociologists should look for causes of social problems and develop solutions

10. Max Weber Bureaucracy The Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism
, Germany
Bureaucracy
The Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism
Personal values or biases should not influence social research

11. Karl Marx Economist, concerned with Social Change
Developed theories of Class Conflict
Described Capitalism as a 2 class system of “haves” vs “have nots”
(1% vs 99%)
, Prussia, Germany

12. Capitalism A Love Story

13. Harriet Martineau First recognized female sociologist
, England
First recognized female sociologist
Simplified Comte’s work from French to English
How to Observe Morals and Manners. – Research Methods

14. Jane Addams Founded the Hull House: social services agency in Chicago
, United States
Founded the Hull House: social services agency in Chicago
1st American woman to earn the Nobel Peace Prize
Said crime in urban areas was not a result of the people, but of economic desperation

15. W.E.B. Du Bois
, United States
First African American to receive a doctorate from Harvard
Part of creation of NAACP
(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
Concerned with racial equality and criminology

16. George Herbert Mead 1863-1931, United States
Children understand social world through play
Published Mind Self Society

17. Charles Horton Cooley 1864-1929, United States
Studied the subject of “the self”
Looking Glass Self

18. Robert K. Merton 1910-2003, United States
Typology of Prejudice and Discrimination
Theory on deviance
Discussion of functions and dysfunctions (manifest and latent) –unintended consequences

19. Research Paper Due Next Class

20. Coming Up
Paper Due Nov 13th (MW classes)

21. The Story of Stuff