Famous Sociologists

I emphasized understanding a particular setting from the point of view of the person in it

• Auguste Comte

• Max Weber

• Emile Durkheim

• C. Wright Mills

I believed that human beings act on the basis of their understanding of a situation, and Sociologists must discover the personal meanings, values, beliefs, and attitudes that underlie human behavior

• Max Weber

• Karl Marx

• Jane Addams

• Herbert Spencer

I believed in rationalization, or the mindset that emphasizes the use of knowledge, reason, and planning.

• Max Weber

• Jane Addams

• WEB Du Bois

• Auguste Comte

I was an abolitionist, well-educated, and lived comfortably, but was not respected as a scholar in my time

• Harriet Martineau

• C. Wright Mills

• WEB Du Bois

• Emile Durkheim

I am best known today for my translation of Comte’s great book. My English translation remains the most readable version even today.

• Harriet Martineau

• Emile Durkheim

• C. Wright Mills

• Max Weber

I was the 1st female sociologist

• Harriet Martineau

• Jane Addams

• Emile Durkheim

• C. Wright Mills

I was a co-founder of the NAACP

• WEB Du Bois

• Jane Addams

• Max Weber

• Herbert Spencer

I wrote the book, “Souls of Black Folk”

• WEB Du Bois

• Herbert Spencer

• Auguste Comte

• Karl Marx

I created the terms “color line” and “double consciousness”

• C. Wright Mills

• WEB Du Bois

• Jane Addams

• Emile Durkheim

I studied the poor and worked to improve poverty conditions

• Jane Addams

• Harriet Martineau

• Karl Marx

• Max Weber