Durkheim and weber

We link Durkheim with complaisant fact, and Weber withVerstehen. Durkheims writings take to functionalism while Webers writing led to symbolic interactionism. Both were Fathers of sociology, and wrote mainly in the late nineteenth century. Both called for applying the scientific method to the study of society, and some(prenominal)(prenominal) wanted sociologists to be objective (although they had different ideas about objectivity). Both contributed to the sociological perspective. Both criticised Marx, but in different ways.The main difference amid them was that Durkheim coined the edge social fact o indicate that there were forces beyond the individual that affected their behaviour, while Weber said we needed to clear the meanings people put on their behaviour to understand society. The approach by Weber has developed into modern perspective of sociology called symbolic interactionism. Durkheims study of felo-de-se to show how order of suicide differed between groups with d ifferent social characteristics, although we do not have enough information to predict which individuals would commit suicide.Suicide rates are quite predictable, when based on specific social characteristics. Durkheim utilize this to explain social fact. The idea of throwing social facts as impertinent to the individual was Durkheims contribution. See Inside or Outside? In contrast, we see Webersverstehen as a deeper understanding (which is why we use the German term rather than the weaker English equivalent) of the society which we all carry within us. Although we top executive at first see these differences as mutually exclusive and un- reconcilable, Webers midland approach and Durkheims external approach, we must integrate these two perspectives.Modern sociology requires that you see them both as valid and operating simultaneously. Weber made other all important(predicate) contributions, eg to the study ot bureaucracy and to the factor of religious beliefs and values in social change. Similarly, Durkheim made many other contributions, such as differentiating between ingrained and mechanical solidarity, and explaining anomie. Webers study of the rise of capitalism, and his thesis that it was caused by the rise of the Protestant ethic, can be used to contrast him with Marx.