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His parents were Monarchist's and Roman Catholics so he stopped believing in their beliefs and started believing in Republicanism due to the French Revolution which influenced his work later on. He believed sociology could improve society and bring together all sciences. He is one of the founders of sociology.

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The environment Karl Marx grew up in influenced him.  He identified different aspects of a capitalist society in his manuscripts.  He believed that in society there’s only two kinds of groups. The groups were the Bourgeoisie and Proletariat.

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As a child his views were influenced by individualism. He believed in a structural-functionalist perspective where society is made up of different ‘’structures’’ and that each structure has a function which allows us to know society is ‘’stable’'.

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His parents influenced him. His father liked ‘’earthly pleasures’’ while his mom had an ‘’ascetic lifestyle.'' He believed society was fixated on ‘’efficiency’’ and that this created social problems because it made them ‘’miserable’’

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His views were influenced by two scholars-Charles Bernard Renouvier and Emile Boutroux. This allowed him to learn about rationalism and morality. He thought that ‘’society should be analyzed and described in terms of functions’’. He created Functionalism which is where if something happens in society everyone has to change to fit it.

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As a child he was brought into poverty which influenced his views on society a lot. His views were ethnocentric. He believed in Sociological imagination which is where people can connect their past challenges to society's issues.