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  1. Describe August Comte’s notion of “Positivism”. (One to three sentences) 
  2. Name Comte’s three stages. (Three words)
  3. How many are the sciences in Comte’s hierarchy of sciences? Where is the place of sociology? Which one is the most complex and least generalizable? (three words) 
  4. What is the status of “Class Struggle” in Marx’s system? (One to three sentences)
  5. What does Marx mean by “class consciousness”? (One to three sentences) 
  6. What does Marx mean by “alienation”? (One to three sentences) 
  7. According to Durkheim, which societies have robust “retributive laws”? (Two words)
  8. What does Durkheim mean by “normal rates of suicide” in complex societies? (One to three sentences) 
  9. Name Weber’s three legitimate forms of authority. (three words)
  10. What does Weber mean by “Verstehen sociology”? (one to three sentences) 

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During the era when positivism rose to a pedestal, positivists believed in the natural rather than the supernatural, paving way for the emergence and prevalence of empirical and scientific discoveries and research to

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