Ergun, Dogan

Sociological Critique of the Sociological Mind or What Ziya Gokalp Preferred

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The aim of this article is to analyse the sociology of Ziya Gokalp with reference to Emile Durkheim s and Max Weber s interpretations of sociology and sociological methodology. While trying to explain Gokalp s sociological choice between Durkheim and Weber, the article discusses these three sociologists perceptions and definitions sociology. Although Gokalp s sociology had been formed and developed under the influence of Durkheim s sociological thinking, his concept of social consciousness is not a metaphysical one unlike Durkheim s interpretation. Due to the fact that individual is a social being, Gokalp gave the priority to social structures, social functions and social forms. He knew that the individual needs society and social milieu to develop him/herself and his/her abilities. Gokalp s sociological mind foresees that the individual emerges from the society where he/she is born in, but not the society emerges from the individuals who constitute it.

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Ziya Gokalp , August Comte , Max Weber , sociological theory , sociological method

Turkish journal of sociology

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