[Alba Morel]

Soc 100

 

Summarize the contributions of Émile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Karl Marx to the field of sociology. Be sure to note any theoretical differences they may have had with one another.

Emile Durkheim – Theory

Emile Durkheim was a French sociologist he worked on a book of theory , he was one of the founding fathers or sociology. He wasn’t much of a traveler what he did was study the work of anthropologist traveler and other missionaries. He developed two theories one is “The sacred” and the “Totemism” . The sacred in his beliefs having faith in like a god and Totemism is you having relationship with a spirit being like an animal or a plant which is a different entity.

 

Karl Marx –  Theory

Karl Marx was a german revolutionary, sociologist an economist and historian as well as a philanthropist . Marx was against exploitation but was also having a hard time keeping a job.  He developed a theory called “historical materialism” min which he believed social, morality and religion reviled around the economy and how it was the center of all those movements.

 

Max Weber –  Theory

Max Weber was german sociologist , philosopher, and political economist.  He wrote a thesis call the ” Protestant ethic”, sociologist theory that attached hard work , efficiency  whatever you were meant to become through hard work. Weber was into the Sociology of actions. He wrote numerous of books and essays , he also helped established western institutions by focusing on rationalism he says rationalism is that regards reason as the primary source or knowledge.

[Bethanie Gomez]

Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Karl Marx, are all considered to be founders of sociology. The concepts of Emile Durkheim were based on social facts. Durkheim’s theory, functionalism, shows that society is coordinated with several parts that work well adjusted to one another to keep a stable state. He believes if something changes, it affects society altogether. Anomie is when there is a departure of and norms or values that were present in society; this can be caused by a detachment of labor and accelerated social changes. Max Weber’s theory focused on efficiency. His theory, the beaucratic theory, focused on power. Karl Marx came up with the conflict theory; it looks at society as a competition. It can be used to study violence, any injustice, and discrimination. Marx believed that society will never end the competition for resources, so it is unavoidable to be in a state of conflict.

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