The beginning of sociology may be traced back to a certain time in history copy 3
The beginning of sociology may be traced back to a certain
time in history, namely the expansion of industrial capitalism in
western Europe and the United States of America. This is the era
that gave origin to the discipline of sociology. It was taken as a
given that modern civilization would be able to gloriously defeat
nature in the same way that previous societies did in the past.
Analyzing, explaining, and commenting on the nature of many
current cultures was the core emphasis and area of competence
of the organization. As a direct consequence of this, sociology
embraced and reinforced a presupposed academic labor divide.
This separation of academic work emerged from Durkheim’s
intention to carve out a distinct domain or sector of the social
that could be researched and explained separately. This aim was
the impetus for the creation of this division (Durkheim 1952;
although obviously there have been some deviant sociologies
that have transcended these formulations, arguing that agency or
interaction or world system or culture is the key concept).
Because it was derived from the sociology, this academic
division of labor was recognized and promoted by sociology.
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