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August Comte
The father of Sociology. Created sociology as a science of society or a science of human behaviour. French positivism. -
Harriet Martineau
The first female sociologist. "Founding mother". British social theorist and Whig writer. Translated Comte´s work, -
Karl Marx
Created "The conflict theory". Class struggle. -
Herbert Spencer
Social evolution. Canadian who coined the phrase "Survival of the fittest". -
Emile Durkheim
Father of sociology. Sociologist, social psichologist and philosopher.Integrity and coherence in modernity.División of labour. Rules of sociological Method. -
Max Weber
Sociologist, philosopher, jurist, political economist. Influenced social theory and research.Methodological antipositivism. Social action should be studied through interpretative means, rather tan empiricist. -
Robert K. Merton
Social scientist. Theory of deviance. Developed the concept of "self-fulfilling prophecy" and "role model". -
Pierre Bourdieu
Sociologist and philosopher. Sociological theory. Studied the link between education and culture. Created pioneering terminologies: "habitus", "symbolic violence", "social field". Wrote: "Distinction: A social critique of the judgement of taste"