Founding Fathers of Sociology (Sumblog 5)

                What would happen, if we stopped “worshiping” the three so called “Fathers of Sociology,” Marx, Durkheim, and Weber? Would sociology as we know it change forever- either in a positive way or a negative way. Or would we go on as we are now, continuing to study sociology, but maybe leaving our odd triangle, and breaking new ground outside the three most commonly compared theories?

                Personally I think that it would be very interesting to just stop thinking about the three founding fathers. I typically go by the motto look at your past to know how to fix your future. But, you have to agree that it would be intriguing to just go for a couple years pretending that the three most famous sociologist were only okay at their work. And while the information they found was very good, there is always ways to grow. It. Maybe not completely forget the work they did, but instead of worshiping it, and trying to a, disprove it so that it becomes completely meaningless. Or b, work so hard to prove that it is as accurate now as it possibly was then. I think not thinking that those three theorists are the start and end of sociology is a cool idea. I mean, just imagine how many new theories could happen on their own based off the society we have now. And hey, if they are similar that’d be interesting to study too! We could actually locate what is similar and different, instead of looking for a specific idea and finding cases to prove it correct. We might just come up with an idea and then comparing it to what has been done, and see the similarities and differences in how the society has grown, or maybe hasn’t grown. I think that would be really interesting.

                But of course, if we did do that, we would lose a lot of fund sayings and might lose all footing and try so hard to do your own work that we completely ignore what’s been done. Then once that happens, there could be a constant repeat in society studies which could make for a lot of doubling up of information from sociologists all over the place.

                Either way, there are positives and negatives to the work that the three sociologists did. However, I don’t think we’d be where we are today without them. While there’s always a constant need to grow, maybe knowing our roots will help us to know why we’re here. But hey, let’s let sociologists decide for themselves shall we? Or is that opening up a whole other philosophical question, ya know free will?