1、 Hao jie ZhangSociology 220Section 1250Fall 2012Exploring Society Reaction Paper 1 Why SociologySociology originated in late 19th century. It has very broad research object, from peoples daily activities to the changing trend of the whole world. AugustComte was regarded to the founder of this discip
2、line. After him, a lot of people emerged and they gave a great push to the growth of sociology. Karl Marx was not only famous as a great statesman but also made great contribute to the sociology. As for Durkheim, his books established an independent sociological research method which was distinguish
3、ed from the philosophy or any other disciplines. All their works form modern sociology as we learn today. Nowadays, sociologists use often 3 different levels to learn social behavior. They are micro, middle and macro which are corresponding to the individual or family, community or organization and
4、country or the whole society. Sociologists use also images, videos to learn people and social phenomenon.After watching those videos, I do learn many things and some content set me thinking. First of them is the origination of the sociology. I think sociology as a discipline originated in 19th centu
5、ry was an incidental. During the time between the English Bourgeois Revolution in 1640 to the 19th century, European society has changed massively. Science, technology, industry, all of them had a rapid development. Since the English Bourgeois Revolution, world has walked into the modern times. So p
6、eople need to find a way to figure out the changes around them. Sociologists applied sciences to their research, These peoples working made a great improvement in sociology and with the time passing by, this discipline has became more and more complete. Then, another place that really interested me
7、is the research method of this discipline; sociologists use three levels to learn social behavior. I think this way is really good, because when we want to study a certain behavior; we need to know that people are different individuals, but at the same time, they cannot exist without society. In other words, it would be meaningless to study a standalone people without thinking the influence from the environment. The three levels analyze behavior in different scopes, which will make the results more comprehensive and powerful.
