Max Weber and Émile Durkheim
Weber's emphasis on verstehen (understanding social actions) differs from Durkheim's focus on social facts and collective conscience.
- **Pierre Bourdieu and Georg Simmel:**
- *Comparison:* Both explore social relationships and structures.
- *Contrast:* Bourdieu's emphasis on cultural capital and habitus contrasts with Simmel's focus on social forms and the sociological aspects of individual interactions.
- **Frantz Fanon and Herbert Spencer:**
Fanon focuses on colonialism and racial issues, while Spencer's social Darwinism is more concerned with evolutionary development.
- **Karl Marx and Talcott Parsons:**
- *Comparison:* Both are influential sociological theorists.
- *Contrast:* Marx's conflict theory, emphasizing class struggle, contrasts with Parsons' structural functionalism, which highlights social order and integration.
