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State the factors that contributed to development of sociology.

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- Emergence of new social issues.
New problems that were not adequately addressed by philosophy/ science of that time.
- Industrial Revolution (economic).
Rapid development of society gave rise to new problems e.g. Issues of poverty, pollution, crime,
urbanization and related urban problem (housing, sanitation, overcrowding etc).

-Role of the French Revolution (political).
Based on writings of social and political philosophers, encyclopaedists, historians, economic theorists and other social scientists of the time e.g. Voltaire, Hobbes, Locke, Kant, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Herbert
Spencer, Durkheim e.t.c.
Following the rallying call of French Revolution of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. (Liberte, Egalite
Fraternity)

Titany answered the question on August 10, 2021 at 06:18

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