+1 862 207 3288 In the following assignment I will look at the sociologist who put forward the idea of Positivism, Auguste Comte. I will briefly look at his contributions to sociology, and the social changes and developments that surrounded him, leading him to develop such a theory as positivism. I will also take a look at Comtes Laws of 3 Stages, which is the cornerstone in Comtes development of positivism, and then discuss positivisms relevance as a sociological theory and its usefulness to todays society.
As a result of the Industrial Revolution in the 1820s, old feudal estates began to give way to a free labour moving into industry in urban areas and as new forms of government began t…(short extract)
