Feb 13, 2025 · sociology, a social science that studies human societies, their interactions, and the processes that preserve and change them. It does this by examining the dynamics of …

Feb 11, 2025 · Max Weber (born April 21, 1864, Erfurt, Prussia [Germany]—died June 14, 1920, Munich, Germany) was a German sociologist and political economist best known for his thesis …

Social structure, in sociology, the distinctive, stable arrangement of institutions whereby human beings in a society interact and live together. Social structure is often treated together with the …

Feb 12, 2025 · Herbert Spencer (born April 27, 1820, Derby, Derbyshire, England—died December 8, 1903, Brighton, Sussex) was an English sociologist and philosopher, an early …

Mar 15, 2025 · Karl Marx (born May 5, 1818, Trier, Rhine province, Prussia [Germany]—died March 14, 1883, London, England) was a revolutionary, sociologist, historian, and …

Feb 13, 2025 · Émile Durkheim (born April 15, 1858, Épinal, France—died November 15, 1917, Paris) was a French social scientist who developed a vigorous methodology combining …

Feb 10, 2025 · Bertolt Brecht (born February 10, 1898, Augsburg, Germany—died August 14, 1956, East Berlin) was a German poet, playwright, and theatrical reformer whose epic theatre …

Feb 25, 2025 · positivism, in Western philosophy, generally, any system that confines itself to the data of experience and excludes a priori or metaphysical speculations. More narrowly, the …

Social identity theory, in social psychology, the study of the interplay between personal and social identities. Social identity theory aims to specify and predict the circumstances under which …