2nd Period Sociological Thinkers

Thought their race was superior and should lead society

• Karl Marx

• Herbert Spencer

• Max Weber

• Jane Addams

Known as Marxism, they argue that all society progresses through the dialect of class struggle.

• Max Weber

• Herbert Spencer

• Jane Addams

• Karl Marx

Was considered the first public Sociologist.

• Karl Marx

• Jane Addams

• Harriet Martineau

• Max Weber

Believed that under socialism, society would be governed by the middle class.

• Karl Marx

• C.W. Mills

• Auguste Comte

• Herbert Spencer

Was a Noble Peace Prize Winner

• Jane Addams

• Karl Marx

• Emile Durkheim

• C.W. Mills

Many of their ideas were presented in the form of stories.

• Harriet Martineau

• Jane Addams

• Herbert Spencer

• Max Weber

instituted the belief that an organization must have a defined hierarchical structure and clear rules, regulations, and lines of authority which govern it.

• Max Weber

• Herbert Spencer

• Karl Marx

• C.W. Mills

Mostly talked about Social justice issues, Traditional social structures, Anti-slavery, and Female education

• Max Weber

• Harriet Martineau

• Emile Durkheim

• Auguste Comte

• Wrote about the influence of the military, industrial, corporate, and government complex, and how each part maintains a power structure at the expense of the majority. 

• Harriet Martineau

• Herbert Spencer

• C.W. Mills

• Auguste Comte

• Was considered the ‘creator of the functionalist perspectives’ within sociology. 

• Auguste Comte

• C.W. Mills

• Emile Durkheim

• Herbert Spencer