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SEJARAH PERKEMBANGAN SOSIOLOGI DARI MASA KE MASA

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Main ideas, concepts, and lessons

  • Sociology as “study of society” is older than the word “sociology.”

    • Even before the term existed, people discussed societies through questions about how to build a just and happy community.
    • Ancient Greek thinkers (e.g., Plato, Aristotle) already reflected on how to design a just society.

  • Early historical contributors to sociology-like themes

    • Ibn Khaldun (14th century): wrote about social solidarity (asabiyyah) and the development of civilizations.
    • Social contract tradition (Western Europe):
      • Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau discussed how to organize society for harmony through a social contract idea.

  • Birth of sociology as a modern scientific discipline (19th century)

    • Sociology emerged alongside major historical changes:
      • French political revolution
      • Industrial Revolution in Europe
    • It became linked to modern scientific approaches rather than purely philosophical speculation.

  • Comte and “social physics” (positivism)

    • Auguste Comte coined the term “sociology.”
    • Sociology was framed as social physics: a rational and empirical science that could use methods similar to those used in the natural sciences.
    • In Comte’s “three stages” view, sociology belongs to the positive stage, moving beyond theological and metaphysical explanations.

  • Evolutionary and methodological developments

    • Herbert Spencer (1876):
      • Used Darwin’s evolution ideas to propose social evolution by analogy to biological evolution.
    • Lechter Framework (1883) (subtitle name appears garbled):
      • Wrote Dynamic sociology, described as an early work on designing social actions for progress.
    • Émile Durkheim (1895):
      • In The Rules of Sociological Method, he clarified scientific methodology for sociology.
      • Sociology expanded rapidly in Western Europe under the influence of political and industrial transformations.

  • Major theoretical currents in the 19th–20th centuries

    • Karl Marx
      • Even when not always presenting himself strictly as a sociologist, his ideas strongly shaped sociological thinking.
      • Emphasized class struggle as a driver of social change.
      • Helped inspire a Marxist school within sociology.
    • Max Weber
      • Criticized directly applying the natural-science method to society.
      • Because social science studies human beings, subjectivity is unavoidable.
      • Sociology should examine subjective social action.

  • Geographic expansion and “school” formation

    • United States (early 20th century)
      • Industrialization and urbanization produced major rural–urban differences and visible social symptoms.
      • Sociology grew in popularity for analyzing these changes.
    • Chicago School (up to the 1930s)
      • Main figure mentioned: Albion Woodbridge Small.
      • Also associated with founding the American Journal of Sociology.
    • Pitirim Sorokin
      • Mentioned as a major figure emerging from the Chicago School and contributing to sociology’s methodological aspects.

  • Parsons, objectivity debates, and macro sociology

    • Talcott Parsons advanced sociological objectivity, in contrast to approaches that emphasize subjectivity.
    • 1937: The Structure of Social Action (“Watsons” appears garbled in subtitles; likely refers to Parsons’ work).
    • Parsons is described as influenced by Durkheim and associated with structural functionalism.
    • Parsonian sociology is framed as macro-sociology (large-scale structures and systems).
    • Ongoing debates mentioned include objectivity vs subjectivity and agency vs structure, including micro vs macro tensions.

  • Critiques of positivism and diversification in the 20th–21st centuries

    • Positivist sociology linked to Comte was later met with harsh critique.
    • One criticism described:
      • Positivism allegedly ignores sociology’s transformative/emancipatory role in human history.
      • Social science should not be neutral in the sense of being detached from human emancipation; it should support ideals of social transformation.
    • Approaching the 21st century, sociology faced attacks from/within various schools, such as:
      • postmodernism
      • globalism
      • post-positivism
      • postcolonialism
    • Dual paradigm / broader scope (George)
      • Sociology is described as having two paradigms, meaning it is not limited to one single perspective and has a broad historical scope.
    • Sociology becomes increasingly fluid and broad in its objects of study:
      • Not only studying social change under industrialization/urbanization,
      • but also contemporary dynamics such as information society sociology.

  • Growth of sub-disciplines

    • The expansion is illustrated through the proliferation of subfields, including:
      • digital sociology
      • sociology of tourism
      • sociology of health
      • sociology of sports
      • sociology of literature
      • sociology of law
      • sociology of economics
      • sociology of gender
      • and other contemporary sociology

  • Shift away from “historical positivism”

    • Contemporary sociology increasingly rejects the strict relevance of natural laws in social sciences.
    • The video claims that global sociology education now teaches sociology regardless of specific founding fathers.
    • It also notes rising popularity of theorists such as Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida (spelled “Biar Bordir” in subtitles), and Slavoj Žižek more than classical figures like Comte and Durkheim.

Methodology / instruction-style content

No explicit step-by-step procedure is provided. However, the subtitles present methodological principles associated with key theorists:

  • Comte (positivist sociology) — scientific methodology aim

    • Make sociology:
      • rational and empirical
      • researchable with scientific methods
    • Treat sociology as analogous to natural science at the “positive stage.”
    • Move beyond:
      • theological explanations
      • metaphysical explanations
    • Result: sociology resembles “social physics.”

  • Durkheim — scientific methodology of sociology

    • Develop/clarify a scientific method for sociology
    • Formalize sociology’s methodological rules in The Rules of Sociological Method.

  • Weber — interpretive/subjectivity-centered approach

    • Do not simply transplant natural-science methods into social science.
    • Because the subject is humans, sociology must include subjectivity.
    • Focus on examining subjective social actions.

  • Positivism critiques (described in the video)

    • Sociology should not be treated as value-neutral in a way that disconnects it from human emancipation.
    • Sociology should support transformative/emancipatory agendas for society.

Speakers / sources featured (as named in the subtitles)

  • Plato
  • Aristotle
  • Ibn Khaldun
  • Thomas Hobbes
  • John Locke
  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • Auguste Comte
  • Herbert Spencer
  • Émile Durkheim
  • Karl Marx
  • Max Weber
  • Albion Woodbridge Small
  • Pitirim Sorokin
  • (Talcott) Parsons
  • Michel Foucault
  • Jacques Derrida (subtitle garbled as “Biar Bordir”)
  • Slavoj Žižek
  • Darwin (mentioned as the basis for Spencer’s evolutionary analogy)

Several names/titles are likely garbled in the subtitles (e.g., “Lechter Framework,” “Watsons,” and “George” for the “dual paradigm”), but the individuals listed above are the identifiable people explicitly referenced.

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