Historical Roots Of The 20th Century - 1329 Words

Sociological roots can be traced back in the works of thinkers like Plato, Aristotle, and Confucius. However, according to ‘classical origins’, it emerged in the early 19th century as a reaction to the challenges of modern society. Growing, belief in science, mobility and technical development brought crucial changes in the way people saw life, such as the collapse of traditional norms and loss of religion authority. Social scientists and thinkers of that time reacted to these changes and tried to learn and understand what keeps social groups together and find out potential solutions to the breakdown of social solidarity. Nevertheless, theorists and philosophers of the period of Enlightenment, in the 18th century, helped to build a base†¦show more content†¦He assumed that, this new approach would allow us to understand each other better thus, create a better future. Through, he was not the only theorists of sociology and in the end of 19th and the beginning of 20th century, such scientists as Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, Max weber and others contributed into development of newly aroused scholarship. The forerunners of sociology initially were educated in other academic disciplines such as, philosophy, economics and history. It is clear now that their previous education was reflected in the subjects and matters that they have explored, including philosophy, theology, religion, economics, psychology, education, ethics and inequality. Other events of that period also had an impact on the development of sociology. The paradigm shift in the social order and social perception as well as political revolutions that were in Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries had an emphasis on social change and formation of social order that still concerns contemporary sociologists. Furthermore, early sociologists were particularly concerned with the Industrial revolution, rise of capitalism and socialism. Moreover, growth of the cities and secularization caused many changes in lives of ordinary people. Also, demand for education and luxury were growing. Traditionally extended family bonds were disappearing and attention now felt on individual and his skills. It was common to see few nuclear families packed into small apartments in urban