History Of Sociology

Sociology born in the 19th century in Europe, due to shifting views about society, asempirical science gained a firm footing. Sociology as a science of the autonomous can be born because regardless of the influence of philosophy  The name of Sociology for the first time used by August Comte (1798-1857) in 1839, sociology is the science of positive memepelajari communities. Sociology studies thevarious social actions that incarnated in a social reality.

Given the large number ofsocial reality, hence the birth of various branches of sociology as cultural sociology,economic sociology, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge, sociology ofeducation, and others. The Comte was greeted warmly stub by the wider community, it appears from the days of the great scientist in the field of sociology. They include Herbert Spencer, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Ferdinand Tönnies, GeorgSimmel, Max Weber, Pitirim Sorokin (and all of them come from Europe. Each of themajor contributors to donate a variety of approaches to learning community which is very useful for the development of sociology. Social scientist Émile Durkheim —France — succeeded in institutionalizing Sociology as an academic discipline. Emileintroduces the functionalism approach seeks to trace the various elements of the social function as fastener as well as social order-keeping. 1876: Herbert Spencerpublished Sosiology and organic analogy approach introduced in the UK, who understand the society like a human body, as an organization made up of parts thatdepend on each other. Karl Marx's dialectical materialism approach introduced, which considers conflict between social classes became the essence of the change and the development of the community. Max Weber introduces the approach of verstehen (understanding), whichattempts to trace the values, beliefs, goals, and attitudes to be guiding human behavior. In America Lester f. Ward publish Dynamic Sosiology.