Question

The two sociologists who referred to society as being a kind of living organism were _______ and ________.

Answer 1

A) Auguste Comte; Emile Durkheim

Auguste Comte recognized as the father of sociology related society similarly as an organism which he recognized has a social structure or organization like of an organism, an “organismic whole”. In which the organs of one creature is interdependent and interrelated to one another in his perspective. Moreover, Emile Durkheim, was the pioneering sociologist who also conceptualized society as an organism or creature. According to Durkheim, in order for society to maintain its health, the three: culture, politics and economics must be in a tranquil relationship with each other in order to have a functional society or body.