Sociology: the study of human behavior in society 2. ... Issues: problems that affect large numbers of people and have their origins in the institutional arrangements and history of a society 14. applied sociology: any use of sociological perspective and/or its tools in the understanding of, intervention in, and/or enhancement of human social life 15. diversity: the variety of group experiences that result from the social structure of society 16. sociological perspective: 17. symbolic interaction theory: a theoretical perspective claiming that people act toward things because of the meaning ...

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Smith claims to have had the blessing of the divine power to guide him to a location of golden plates, which entails scriptures of ancient American prophets, and they became the foundation for his publication, the Book of Mormon. ... Marty's judgment: Martin Marty dedicates numerous pages on Joseph Smith in order to prevail the influential ties that Smith has with Mormonism, as well as other aspects of religious history. ... My judgment: Being that many religious denominations were being formed at this point in history, I can understand why Joseph Smith acquired both believers and followe...

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During his study of capitalism, Marx introduced the idea that the economic sphere dominates all other sociological institutions and systems. ... As quoted in Marx's Manifesto of the Communist Party, "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. ... Using the idea of materialism, Marx traced class conflict through the different stages of history in order to explain the rise of modern industrial capitalism. ... As discussed in the quote from the Manifesto of the Communist Party, classes existed in opposition to each other throughout history. Marx atte...

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Marx was apart of the Hegelian school, which was split into two sides, left and right, when Marx was studying at the University of Berlin. ... The left, interpreted the Hegelian system in a materialistic sense and felt that world history was the unfolding of matter and not of spirit. ... Durkheim's program of study only concerns the sources of social order and disorder. For example, his studies on Suicide. ...

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From there he moved on to Bonn University to study law. ... In 1836, Karl transferred to Berlin, where his interests turned to the study of jurisprudence; and mainly, history and philosophy. ... This pattern, says Hegal, is clearly evident in human history. ... It is guided not by chance, but by logical necessity, just as the addition or multiplication of two numbers must logically result in a definite answer. ... His goal was to help the proletariat bring about a socialist revolution by studying the factors governing the process of history. ...

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