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You will write an essay about one of the founding theorists listed below and discussed in Chapter 1 of your textbook.
Auguste Comte
Harriet Martineau
Karl Marx
Herbert Spencer
Georg Simmel
Emile Durkheim
George Herbert Mead
Max Weber
W.E.B. DuBois
Utilizing C. Wright Mills concept of the Sociological Imagination, which was also introduced in Chapter 1, discuss the following questions:
What is the theorist’s background? Where are they from? When were they born? Were they wealthy, middle class, or poor? What type/level of education did the theorist have? What occupation(s) did they have? Did they travel internationally during their lifetime? Were there any events that occurred during their lifetime which may have influenced their perspective and writing?
What major contribution(s) did the theorist make to the field of Sociology? Briefly discuss the basis of their research or theory? How did the theorist support their position? What type of research did they do?
Identify the theoretical paradigm that best fits the theorist’s work (structural functionalism, conflict theory or symbolic interactionism)? Explain why that specific paradigm is the best fit.
the answers from the second set of questions can be found in the book. free online textbook. (https://openstax.org/details/books/introduction-sociology-2e)
double spaced size 12 font 1 inch margin. works cited in APA