The Three Major Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology

Introduction Sociologists develop a theory to explain and analyze society at various levels and perspectives. Sociologists will study everything from micro-level small-scale social models to macro-level macroscopic macro-analysis "large picture" of large-scale social models. Sociologists today use three major theoretical perspectives in sociology. They are structural-functionalism views, contradictory views, and symbolic interactions. Structure - Functionalist views are made at the macro level, focusing on relationships between different parts of society.

In the field of sociology, there are three major theoretical perspectives, in which all theories are classified as a structural functionalist viewpoint, an opposing viewpoint, and a symbolic interactive viewpoint. According to structural functionalism, society is regarded as a social system of interdependent parts, all of which must fulfill essential functions to strengthen effective activities. The origin of this view can be traced back to the research contributed by Comte, Durkheim and Spencer. According to Dunn (2010), society consists of interrelated parts or structures, which are large systems fundamentally forming society such as family, politics, education, economy. In response to the needs of society, when they cooperate, they create a complete system in the form of society.

There are three major theoretical methods for explaining culture. Functionalist views recognize that many parts of culture work together as a system to meet the needs of society. Functionalists regard culture as a reflection of social value. Conflict theorists believe that culture is inherently inequality based on factors such as gender, class, race, age, and so on. The main focus of the interactiveist is the culture experienced in daily interactions between individuals and the symbols that make up their culture. These theories can explain the occurrence of various cultures and sociology, but there is no "correct" view for understanding culture.

Three theoretical perspectives of functionalism theory, conflict theory and symbolic interaction theory lead sociological thinking of social problems. These views are seeing the same social problem, but they do so in different ways. Their shared view provides a more comprehensive understanding of social issues than any view. Table 1 "Theoretical Snapshot" is a summary of three viewpoints. Social stability is necessary for a strong society and social stability requires complete socialization and social integration. The social social system plays an important function to ensure social stability. Slow social change is desirable, but rapid social change threatens social order