History of Social Sciences
Religion was conflated with science.
15th century : Middle ages
It is concerned with the study of society and the different facets of human social relationships.
Sociology
According to sociologist John Macionis, refer to “consequences [of each social structure] for the operation of society.”
Social functions
struggles of social classes
social conflict
Social objects used to represent what ever people agree they shall represent ( words, gestures, actions, logos )
Symbols
Reason reigned supreme over imagination.
The 16th century : The Scientific Revolution
It is defined as the statistical analysis of populations.
Demography
It refers to the recognized and intended consequences of an aspect of society.
Manifest function
It's the conflict between entire classes over the distribution of a society’s wealth and power—the means of production
class conflict
one of the important figures in symbolic interactionism, according to Wallace and Wolf.
Herbert Blumer
Brought societal ills that social thinkers increasingly studied
The 19th century : Industrial Age
It is the branch of social science that examines different mental states and behaviors.
Psychology
It refers to the unrecognized and unintended consequences of an aspect of society.
Latent function
economic system where natural resources and means of producing goods are privately owned
Capitalism
Blumer's Three Basic Premises
Thought - Meaning - Language
The social sciences became an integral part of the academe.
The 20th century
It is the study of the earth’s physical properties and the distribution of human societies and other elements across it.
Geography
It refers to an element or process of or within a society that may actually disrupt solidarity and stability. It can be analyzed as generally detrimental to society. However, some people can also have varying notions of what is considered a social dysfunction.
Social dysfunction
social problems as the shortcomings of individuals rather than the flaws of society
false consciousness
one of the important figures of symbolic interactionism
Max Weber
The social sciences came to the fore.
The 17th and 18th century : Age of enlightenment
It aims to study humans’ culture and evolution.
Anthropology
It is the study of the underlying patterns in human behavior, in turn leading to observable social phenomena.
Structuralism
those who own the factories and businesses to gain profits
capitalists
the act of "talking to oneself" as a way to process and handle meanings, as defined by Wallace and Wolf
Individuals decide the meanings they attach to symbols.
Interpretative process