Essays on Saint-Simon

Part 1

The contributions of four sociologists are considered as the basis of the modern day sociology; they are Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, Vilfredo Pareto and George Simmel. This paper is intended for tracing the comparison and contrast of theories proposed by Emile Durkheim and George Simmel. Their theories are one of the bricks of the foundation of Sociology as an independent discipline. While reading the works of these sociologists, it is quite conspicuous to find the transition of thoughts from social philosophy to sociology proper. Here, the contributions to sociology by these great proponents are examined in brief. Though both ...

Second Treatise of Government

1. According to Locke, civil society and property have a close relationship because in as much as people exercise their rights they are supposed to protect their property, which entails the preservation of one’s estate, liberty, and even their life. Consequently, the civil society is responsible for punishing those who destroy property in line with the penalties imposed by law. 2. The power to come up with laws arises when a group of natural people comes together as one body to either form parliament or the senate. This body of persons forms a government, which is automatically vested with the ...

Introduction

The emergence of social sciences and sociology are a distinctive thought of modern society. This is because one of the formative moments in the process of sociology came about around the eighteenth century. This is the time that a group of distinguished thinkers of the enlightenment philosophers and their successors started to rise. The development of the distinctively modern forms of thoughts about society and the realm of the social rose in this time. They do have roots in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This is indicated by the works of Locke, Hobbes, and Bacon. The ideas of these thinkers received ...

GEORGE HERBERT MEAD

George Herbert Mead: Social Interaction and the Creation of Identity

Much of George Herbert Mead’s concept of the “generalized other,” in which an individual develops expectations about actions within a given set of social parameters, is reflected in the writings of philosophers and behavioral theorists such as Adam Smith and John Dewey. Smith postulated that people interact with society based on an idea of how others view them. Dewey, a pioneer in the theory of pragmatism, held that people regard objects and actions within the context of their usefulness, or their practical applicability (Appelrouth and Edles, p. 312). These two ...