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Sociological theories
- EthnologyAdam František Kollár published a book in Vienna during 1783 that introduced the word ethnologia. This text defined the term as the science of nations and…
- Structure and agencyIn the social sciences there is a standing debate over the primacy of structure or agency in shaping human behaviour. Structure refers to recurrent patterned…
- Social networkIn the late 1890s, Émile Durkheim and Ferdinand Tönnies began laying the theoretical groundwork for what would become social network analysis.
- StructuralismIn 1916, Ferdinand de Saussure published his Course in General Linguistics after his death. This text established the foundation for structuralism by…
- Protestant work ethicMax Weber published The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism in 1905. This book linked Protestant theology to the rise of capitalism through…