Home›Social Theorists›All Social TheoristsBrowse ByAll Social TheoristsReference and ClassificationDevelopingThe founding and major figures of sociology and anthropology, carried here as two standalone social sciences through this category's own theorist SubLabel grouping (Sociology, Anthropology) rather than as separate discipline entities, from Auguste Comte and Franz Boas through contemporary theorists working in every major tradition this atlas's own Social Theory and Concepts category documents. Belongs here: a person whose primary scholarly identity is sociology or anthropology. Does not belong here: a philosopher of social science writing about method rather than practicing it, whom Philosophy atlas carries per this atlas's own scope charter seam.FactsAll Social TheoristsConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstablished EraWell-attested1780 1All Social TheoristsFilter Results473 entriesInstitution AffiliationAllBoston University (1)Brown University (2)Bureaucracy (5)Caste System (2)Chinese Lineage System (Zongzu) (1)City University of New York (3)Clan System (1)Clark University (1)Colonialism (6)Columbia University (44)Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (3)Education (9)Empire (14)Fabian Society (2)Goethe University Frankfurt (5)Harvard University (40)Ie System (1)Imperial Moscow University (4)Institution (1)Johns Hopkins University (6)Kinship (2)Law (6)Marriage (3)Monarchy (1)Money (3)New York University (16)Northwestern University (5)Paris-Sorbonne University (3)Patriarchy (5)Prison System (5)Religion (1)Republic (1)Rutgers University (6)Slavery (6)Social Class Stratification (2)Social Democratic Party of Germany (7)Social Movement (11)Stanford University (22)Stockholm University (1)The Family (6)The Market (7)The State (1)Theocracy (1)University of Amsterdam (6)University of Belgrade (2)University of California, Berkeley (13)University of California, Los Angeles (1)University of Cambridge (12)University of Chicago (33)University of Essex (2)University of Michigan (14)University of Oxford (15)University of Pennsylvania (10)University of Sao Paulo (2)University of Texas at Austin (1)University of Warwick (2)Utrecht University (1)Welfare State (6)Yale University (17)York University (5)Influenced ByAllA. 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