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5 pages in length. The discipline of sociology evolved as a means by which to address the ever-changing aspects of humanity's enlightenment as individuals and collective beings. Its emergence in the eighteenth century correlates with the evolution of man's acceptance of ideas that had long been preventing this element of growth and change. According to Randall Collins and Michael Makowsky's The Discovery of Society, the acceptance of sociology as its own discipline was a long and arduous effort; while sociology may not be an impossible science, it is a very difficult one. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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According to Randall Collins and Michael Makowskys The Discovery of Society, the acceptance of sociology as its own discipline was a long and arduous effort; while sociology may not be
an impossible science, it is a very difficult one. Bibliography lists 6 sources. TLCSocDs.rtf SOCIOLOGY AS A DISCIPLINE by (c) November 2001
paper properly! The discipline of sociology evolved as a means by which to address the ever-changing aspects of humanitys enlightenment
as individuals and collective beings. Its emergence in the eighteenth century correlates with the evolution of mans acceptance of ideas that had long been preventing this element of growth
and change. According to Randall Collins and Michael Makowskys The Discovery of Society, the acceptance of sociology as its own discipline was "a long and arduous effort" (Collins et
al PG); while sociology may not be "an impossible science, it is a very difficult one" (Collins et al PG). Sociology -- the
"science of society, social institutions, and social relationships" (Sociology) -- defines the reasons people act the way they act and say the things they say. Establishing a behavioral basis
for various human activities is what sociologists attempt to reveal through their studies of human behavior. It is through these discoveries that scientists, as well as the general public,
can begin to gain a better understanding of their own actions. As humans embark upon the twenty-first century with knowledge brought forward from the eighteenth century, it will continue
to be a challenge to sociologists to "gain a greater understanding" (Human Behavior) of how human behavior is shaped by outer influences, as well as evolutionary ones.
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