The document contains a worksheet with 10 questions for students about key concepts in sociology from Western sociologists like the Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution, Marx, Durkheim and Weber. It asks students to explain how the Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution influenced the development of sociology, define concepts like the components of a mode of production, reasons for class conflict according to Marx, what social facts are and how to recognize them, the differences between mechanic and organic solidarity, how moral codes indicate social solidarity, Durkheim's concept of collective conscience, the basic features of bureaucracy, and what makes the objectivity of social science unique.
The document contains a worksheet with 10 questions for students about key concepts in sociology from Western sociologists like the Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution, Marx, Durkheim and Weber. It asks students to explain how the Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution influenced the development of sociology, define concepts like the components of a mode of production, reasons for class conflict according to Marx, what social facts are and how to recognize them, the differences between mechanic and organic solidarity, how moral codes indicate social solidarity, Durkheim's concept of collective conscience, the basic features of bureaucracy, and what makes the objectivity of social science unique.
The document contains a worksheet with 10 questions for students about key concepts in sociology from Western sociologists like the Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution, Marx, Durkheim and Weber. It asks students to explain how the Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution influenced the development of sociology, define concepts like the components of a mode of production, reasons for class conflict according to Marx, what social facts are and how to recognize them, the differences between mechanic and organic solidarity, how moral codes indicate social solidarity, Durkheim's concept of collective conscience, the basic features of bureaucracy, and what makes the objectivity of social science unique.
1. Why is the Enlightenment important for the development of sociology? (4) 2. How was the Industrial Revolution responsible for giving rise to sociology? (4) 3. What are the various components of a mode of production? (4) 4. Why do classes come into conflict, according to Marx? (6) 5. What are social facts? How do we recognise them? (4) 6. What is the difference between ‘mechanic’ and ‘organic’ solidarity? (4) 7. Show, with examples, how moral codes are indicators of social solidarity. (2) 8. Discuss Durkheim’s concept of collective conscience. (4) 9. What are the basic features of bureaucracy? (4) 10. What is special or different about the kind of objectivity needed in social science? (4)