ABSTRACT
This chapter explains the classical tradition of sociological theory emerged from the ideological context of its time. One is the set of major political changes which have challenged the sociological tradition anew. The sociological tradition has been more complete than any of Talcott Parson's contemporaries. Spencer was the first English thinker to apply the characteristic English forms of thought to the task of creating a sociology. Despite the fact that the philosophic and scientific researches which Spencer undertook in preparation for his sociological work seemed to lead in a very different direction. Durkheim also addressed himself to the problem of the nature of the subject matter of sociology and the nature of the science. The Durkheimian, seems to offer support to either a tradition which involves the use of humanized concepts in sociology or one which uses dehumanized ones. This is crucial in any discussion of the relation between Marxist and Weberian sociology.
