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Marx, Weber and Durkheim have significantly advanced our understanding of industrial capitalist societies. Are their theoretical contributions relevant to the analysis of the contemporary world?
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Marx, Weber and Durkheim have significantly advanced our understanding of industrial capitalist societies. Are their theoretical contributions relevant to the analysis of the contemporary world? Name: Miriam Brandt ID Number: 01805436 Course Name: 1st Arts, Sociology and Politics Course Tutor: Deirdre McHugh Tutorial Group: No 9 For hundreds of years people have tried to find ways to understand the changes in our society. How have we evolved from a hunting and gathering society about 12,000 years ago, when humans lived totally without technology, searching continuously for food, to today's fast-moving society, where we have modern technology at out fingertips? This paper will argue that three of sociology's founders, Karl Marx, Max Weber and Emilie Durkheim help us understand how and why society changes. These three social thinkers, who all lived in the 19th Century and thus were witness to the greatest change in society, the industrial revolution, have all studied societies in different ways and have come up with their own...
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