Author Question: Describe the three historical phases of sociology. What will be an ideal ... (Read 67 times)

Wadzanai · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

Describe the three historical phases of sociology.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

In the United States, universal schooling was an idea of

a. George W. Bush.
b. Abraham Lincoln.
c. Karl Marx.
d. Thomas Jefferson.

stanleka1 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 2, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A tension between social reform and social analysis runs through sociology's history.First phase: main purpose to improve society; timeorigins until the 1920s. Second phase: main purposeto develop abstract knowledge; timefrom the 1920s until the 1960s. Third phase: main purposeto seek ways to apply sociological research findings; timefrom the 1960s to the present.

Answer to Question 2

d. Thomas Jefferson.