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Classical Thinkers and Theories
Sociology · Chapter 2 · 1. Origin and Development of Sociology and Anthropology
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- Auguste Comte: positivism
- Herbert Spencer: theory of social evolution, Social Darwinism and organic analogy
- Emile Durkheim: structural functionalism; sacred and profane; division of labour and solidarity
- Max Weber: interpretive sociology; bureaucracy and types of authority
- Karl Marx: conflict theory; class and class struggle