Write a brief essay about the founding father of sociology.
(ii) Most notable among these thinkers have been (a) Auguste comte (1798-1857) (b) Herbert
Spencer (1820-1903) (c) Karl Marx (1818-1883), Emil Durkheim (1858-1917) and (v) Max Weber (1864-1920). All these pioneers came from other disciplines.
(iii) (a) Auguste comte was a philosopher (b) Herbert spencer had a background in natural history and he was influenced by Charles Darwin's theory o evolution (c) Emile Durkheim was a rabbi (Jewish Priest) (d) Max Weber was trained in legal and economic history (e) Karl Marx had dual interest in abstract philosophy and in concrete reality of his times. However, it is a fact that Karl Marx did not pursue an academic career and never claimed to be a sociologist. It is true that influence of Karl Marx spread to various branches of knowledge and so many people became followers of his ideology, which became popular as Marxism or scientific socialism in history.
