DEFINITION Sociology is a SOCIAL SCIENCE that is dedicated to the study of society and its phenomena. It is a relatively new science that was developed in the mid-19th century. It is also the branch of knowledge that makes human relationships its object, systematically applying reason and observation and integrating theoretical explanation and empirical verification.
funders The autonomy of Sociology will finally be founded by Comte, incorporating evolution and progress. Study in two dimensions: Social Statics (analysis of its conditions of existence, its order); Social Dynamics (analysis of its movement, progress).* Spencer was much more positivist. For him there were no methodological differences in the study of nature and society. The laws of evolution proposed in biology were valid. He was individualistic, taking the principle of survival from Darwin. Sociology is a late fruit in Germany, compared to France.* The distinction between Pure Reason and Practical Reason arises, the material can be known; the cultural can only be intuited. Historical events are unique and unrepeatable.* (I analyze Durkheim and Weber later).
SOCIOLOGY AS A SCIENCE • Sociology has man as its object of study; to human society, structured through the conglomerate of individuals who enter into constant interaction: production, communication, understanding, solidarity, division of labor, submission, etc.... The object of study of Sociology is not ends in the analysis of social reality, that is, Sociology is projected more and more as one of the determining sciences in social transformation and improvement