Foundations
The academic study of human societies and institutions
What is Sociology?
The French sociologist who wrote Democracy in America
Who is Alexis de Tocqueville?
The belief that individuals should decide what brings them happiness
What is personal autonomy?
The idea that history is driven by economic forces
What is economic determinism ?
The social transformation caused by industrialization
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The thinker who believed capitalism exploited workers
Who is Karl Marx?
The term sociologists use instead of “sin”
What is deviance?
The working class destined to overthrow capitalism
Who are the proletariat ?
The group most affected by rapid societal change
Who are young people / Millennials?
The first scholar to call himself a sociologist
Who is Émile Durkheim?
The belief that behavior is shaped by social forces
What is sociological determinism?
The Marxist belief that religion hinders progress
What is the opiate of the people?
The three thinkers who founded sociology
Who are Marx, Weber, and Durkheim?
The sociologist who feared industrialization would harm individuals
Who is Max Weber?
The contradiction of condemning injustice while denying moral choice
What is moral inconsistency in secular sociology?
The Marxist view of the family
What is abolition?
The warning that civilizations can destroy themselves from within
What did Alexis de Tocqueville warn about?
The thinker who warned societies could destroy themselves from within
Who is Alexis de Tocqueville?
What requires dismantling traditional institutions
What is freedom?
The reason Marxism failed despite its utopian promises
What is a misunderstanding of human nature?