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Topic:  Discuss The Basic Differences Between Functionalist Theory And Conflict Theory.


 

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Type of paper: Research Paper
Subject area: Sociology
Academic level: College
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Conflict and Functionalist Theory Differences
Introduction
The conflict theory originated from Karl max , the famous sociologist ,
during his original development of the theory and his fine-tuning work ,
he included the qualifications of other sociologists like Georg Samuel
and Max Weber which he considered were necessary (Cliffs 1971 : 12-16 .
According to the theory , positivism does not necessarily answer
everything contrary to believes of functionalists .
In general , the conflict theory states that everything happens for
reasons other than a general believe that it was just supposed to
happen there are causes and influences which cause such things to
happen and the responsibility lies solely on the people and there main
purpose is not to gain knowledge only as a functionalist but the
transformation of the gained knowledge into action (Durkheim 1915 :
23-27 . According to the theory even scientists should be activist with
regard to their theories , not only explain why such things happen ,
instead , they are supposed to instigate the necessary changes in their
theories in order to help resolve these issues (Cliffs 1971 : 17-20 .
The theory differences
The believers of conflict theory and functionalist theory have clear
differences in their beliefs , because when functionalist say that they
do everything they do because `we love to do it , the conflict theory
belief that our societies are not guided necessarily by stability or
anything of the sort , but it is possible to transformed the whole
society into something
Karlmax , Simmed and Weber , and the believers of conflict theory belief
that anything that can cause a difference has the capacity to cause a
conflict also , be either in areas of competition , opinions , interests
and even power , but to a functionalist these issues do not have any
serious problems even though conflict theorists do believe that they
exhibit other unseen reasons other than the issue of just because ``we
like it (Merton 1968 : 10-15 .
The way functionalists see the world
All functionalists believers emphasize on the importance of value
consensus in society and they do not expect any conflict to occur and if
it occurs it is seen as being temporal which will be simply counteracted
as the society continues to become better and their main concern of
these conflicts is to accept them as small issues when compared to the
need for consensus and stability in the society (Cliffs 1971 : 20-26 .
An example of a functional analysis Shils and Young notes how
ceremonies and rituals are meant to serve the purpose of promoting
social integration in their society the rituals concerning monarchy ,
church , government leaders , are mainly involved in public promise while
the family is seen as the role it plays for members of society , like
personal stability and socialization (Parsons 1951 : 19-23 .
Comparing it with conflict theory by Marx
According to Marxists and his believers of the conflict theory , there
exists a fundamental conflict between different groups in our society ,
because , the conflict continues to increase and persist and therefore it
is not temporal as functionalists clam it...

 

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