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For a list of suggested and popular books about sociology or looking at social phenomena from a sociological perspective, check out this list from Goodreads. Their list includes brief summaries and reviews.
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A Brief List Eminent sociologists: (there are many more but these are the "biggies")
August Comte (1798-1857) coined the term "sociology." This Frenchman believed that society should be studied like any other science.
Harriet Martineau (1802-1876) was English and translated the work of Comte into English. She is recognized as the first female sociologist as she was concerned with the plight of women and children working in factories (remember, this was the age of the Industrial Revolution).
Emile Durkheim: known as the father of sociology, this Frenchman is famous for his study on suicide. He was the first to use statistics in his study of suicides, and is known for his functionalist theory.
Max Weber: also known as the Father of sociology, this German theorist contributed his work on the Protestant ethic and his views on bureaucracy.
Karl Marx: also one of the "founders" of sociology, his work on socio-political systems and class struggles helped form conflict theory.
Charles Horton Cooley: known for his theory on The Looking Glass Self, is based on the idea that how we see ourselves is based on how other people perceive us.
Herbert Spenser: the first British sociologist to think about social systems.
George Herbert Mead: theory of the social self based on the argument that the self is a social emergent. This theory is known as symbolic interactionism.
Robert K. Merton: theories of social deviance, self-fulfilling prophecy, and role model.
C. Wright Mills: studied power and class, and is famous for his book The Sociological Imagination.
Erving Goffman: contributed to the theory of symbolic interactionism and is known for the dramaturgical perspective.
W.E.B. DuBois: best known for his role in the Civil Rights movement, he was the first African-American person to graduate from Harvard and served as the leader of the NAACP in 1910.
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A great website (and resource) about the sociological imagination: The Sociological Imagination
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Check out this comprehensive site about sociologists! It's more than a quick read... you can keep coming back to this site for days and still not know everything there is to know about sociology.
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A Brief List Eminent sociologists: (there are many more but these are the "biggies")
Emile Durkheim: known as the father of sociology, this Frenchman is famous for his study on suicide. He was the first to use statistics in his study of suicides, and is known for his functionalist theory.
Max Weber: also known as the Father of sociology, this German theorist contributed his work on the Protestant ethic and his views on bureaucracy.
Karl Marx: also one of the "founders" of sociology, his work on socio-political systems and class struggles helped form conflict theory.
Charles Horton Cooley: known for his theory on The Looking Glass Self, is based on the idea that how we see ourselves is based on how other people perceive us.
Herbert Spenser: the first British sociologist to think about social systems.
George Herbert Mead: theory of the social self based on the argument that the self is a social emergent. This theory is known as symbolic interactionism.
Robert K. Merton: theories of social deviance, self-fulfilling prophecy, and role model.
C. Wright Mills: studied power and class, and is famous for his book The Sociological Imagination.
Erving Goffman: contributed to the theory of symbolic interactionism and is known for the dramaturgical perspective.
W.E.B. DuBois: best known for his role in the Civil Rights movement, he was the first African-American person to graduate from Harvard and served as the leader of the NAACP in 1910.
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A great website (and resource) about the sociological imagination: The Sociological Imagination
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Check out this comprehensive site about sociologists! It's more than a quick read... you can keep coming back to this site for days and still not know everything there is to know about sociology.
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