Key Sociologists and Theories in Social Sciences

C. Wright Mills

Key figure associated with the concepts of sociological perspective, private troubles, and public issues.

Emile Durkheim

Key figure known for the concept of social facts.

Karl Marx

Key figure who introduced the concepts of species-being and alienation.

Devah Pager

Key figure known for the audit study method to test for discrimination.

Michael Schwalbe

Key figure associated with the concept of sociological mindfulness.

Horace Miner

Key figure known for the satirical study 'Body Ritual Among the Nacirema.'

Erving Goffman

Key figure known for theories on dramaturgy, impression management, and social performances such as backstage and front stage.

Annette Lareau

Key figure associated with the concepts of concerted cultivation and accomplishment of natural growth.

Pierre Bourdieu

Key figure known for the concepts of habitus and cultural capital.

Williams & Connell

Key figures known for the concept of aesthetic labor.

Ashley Mears

Key figure associated with relational work and beauty as capital.

Virgil Abloh

Key figure known for the 3% Rule in creative design.