Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method

Sociology being the systematic study of human society and the sociological perspective would be summarized as the distinctive point of view of sociology. Society is capable of influencing our actions, thoughts, and feelings. However, learning exactly how to make these types of observations can be very difficult. The text mentions several well known sociology pioneers such as Auguste Comte, Emile Durkheim, C. Wright Mills, Max Weber, and George Herbert Mead, to contemporary sociologist like George Homans, and Peter Blau. These sociologist use data and other findings to make generalizations about different categories of peopl...