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Industrial Revolution is the period after Renaissance and enlightment. It occred in 18th century Europe, which has mass production, profit generation, surplus generation due to technological and scientific developments.
Industrial Revolution caused impact on society in various levels which resulted in development of sociology as a discipline.
Industrial Revolution - important bearing on growth & development of sociology.
→ Industrial Revolution lead to increase in huge number of factories. This changed the hitherto existed social and economic structure.
⇒ With rise of Industrial Revolution, Capitalism developed. This led to mass production. Erstwhile feudalism got dismpted. Emergence of capitalist, merchants; urban workers was caused. There is change in power relations in society.
⇒ Industrial Revolution induced capitalism leads to laissez faire, lead to loss of state control and church control over the economy of Europe [Advent of steam engine]
⇒ Industrial Revolution led developments fueled scientific thoughts and rationalism. Thinkers like Rousseau, Voltaire questioned the state apparatus. Scients like Einstein put forward empiricism over religion.
→ There arrived the stage of modernity fueled by industrial Revolution. This caused universalism, individualism, logic.
→ Counter enlightenment thinkers like Louis De Bonald advocated against industrial revolution led modernity.
→ There arrived a situation where the present disciplines not sufficient to study the disorder created in society due to modernity influenced by industrial revolution.
→ To study the modernity and its fallouts, 'sociology' as a discipline got emerged.
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Hence, industrial revolution played a vital role in emergence and development of sociology as a modern discipline.