Founding Fathers Of Sociology

Question 1

Who are the founding fathers of sociology?

Answer 1

1. Abdul Rahman Ibn-khaldun
2. August Comte

Question 2

When was Abdul Rahman born?

Answer 2

May 27, 1332

Question 3

Rahman is well schooled in ___, ___, and ___

Answer 3

Koran, mathematics, and history

Question 4

Rahman became a lecturer at ___

Answer 4

The centre of Islamic study, Al-Azhar mosque University Cairo

Question 5

How long was Rahman in prison and where?

Answer 5

2yrs in Morocco

Question 6

Why was Rahman in prison?

Answer 6

For his belief that state rulers were not divine leaders.

Question 7

During Rahman’s lectures on society and sociology, he strressed the importance of ___

Answer 7

Linking sociological thoughts with historical thoughts

Question 8

Rahman is the first scholar to talk about __

Answer 8

The study of cultural and society, or an analysis of civilisation in pre-modern era

Question 9

Rahman’s ideas were found in the works of ___

Answer 9

Durkheim

Question 10

Was Rahman an African?

Answer 10

Yes

Question 11

Rahman wrote mainly in ___

Answer 11

Arabic

Question 12

When was Auguste Comte born?

Answer 12

He was born on June 19, 1798

Question 13

Where was August Cmpte born?

Answer 13

France

Question 14

August rejected ___ of his parents

Answer 14

Catholicism

Question 15

August developed ___ and ___ to education early in life than expected

Answer 15

Abilities and inclination

Question 16

August ready widely in ___

Answer 16

Mathematics and History

Question 17

Comte lived through the aftermath of the ___ and ___

Answer 17

French revolution and Napoleon period

Question 18

Who did Comte marry and when?

Answer 18

Caroline Massin in 1825

Question 19

When did Comte and Caroline separate?

Answer 19

1842

Question 20

Who did Comte remarry and how did she die?

Answer 20

He remarried Clotilde de Vaux who died of tuberculosis a year after

Question 21

How and when did Comte die?

Answer 21

He died of cancer in 1857 at 59 years old.

Question 22

Comte drew his writing from the work of 18th and early 19 century intellectuals such as ___

Answer 22

David Hume and Immanuel Kant

Question 23

Who coined the word sociology?

Answer 23

August Comte

Question 24

Comte’s main contribution was

Answer 24

The idea of Positive philosophy (positivism)

Question 25

Comte had his law of three stages which were?

Answer 25

Theological stage, metaphysical stage and positivist stage

Question 26

August classified sociology as the most simple science

Answer 26

Yes

Question 27

Comte divided Sociology into 2 fields which are?

Answer 27

Social statics (study that hold society together) Social dynamics (study of causes of Social change)

Question 28

Emile Durkheim was a ___

Answer 28

French social theorist

Question 29

Durkheim was born in ___

Answer 29

Épinal, France

Question 30

Where and when did Durkheim graduate?

Answer 30

École Normale Supérieure on Paris in 1882

Question 31

Durrkheim taught ___ and ___

Answer 31

Law and philosophy

Question 32

When and where did Durkheim start teaching sociology?

Answer 32

1887 at the University of Bordeaux and later at the University of Ilorin

Question 33

Durkheim believed that ___ should be applied to the study of society

Answer 33

Scientific methods

Question 34

Durkheim was concerned with the basis of ___

Answer 34

Social stability (order)

Question 35

Durkheim explained suicide as ___

Answer 35

a result of an individual's lack of integration in society

Question 36

In Durkheim's studies and writings, he made much use of __

Answer 36

Anthropological materials

Question 37

Durkheim's book, The Division of Labour in Society, was written and translated when?

Answer 37

1893, translated in 1933

Question 38

Durkheim's book, The Rules of Sociological Method, was written and translated when?

Answer 38

1895, translated in 1938

Question 39

Durkheim's book, The Elementary Forms of Religious Life, was written and translated when?

Answer 39

1912, translated in 1915

Question 40

Central to Durkheim's sociology is the concept of ___

Answer 40

social integration, referring to the density of social relationships

Question 41

Durkheim argued that social integration is necessary for ___

Answer 41

The maintenance of social order

Question 42

Durkheim was influences by ___

Answer 42

Charles Darwin's THEORY OF EVOLUTION

Question 43

In Durkheim's division of labour; he emphasised ___

Answer 43

The maintenance of social relationships

Question 44

Durkheim distinguished between ___ and ___ solidarity

Answer 44

Mechanical and organic

Question 45

What are the 4 types of suicide as identified by Durkheim?

Answer 45

Egoistic suicide, altruistic suicide, anomic suicide, and fatalistic suicide

Question 46

Egoistic suicide stems from lack of ___

Answer 46

Social integration in society

Question 47

In altruistic suicide, individuals kill themselves for__

Answer 47

The collective benefit of a social group

Question 48

Herbert Spencer was greatly influenced by ___

Answer 48

Charles Darwin's THE THEORY OF SPECIES

Question 49

Karl Max was highly influenced by ___

Answer 49

Hegel and young Hegelian