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Download Solution PDFWho among the following used 'Comparative and Historical Research Method' in their study?
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Download Solution PDFAll three of the names mentioned, Auguste Comte, Karl Marx, and Lewis Morgan, employed methods involving historical and comparative analysis in their work.
- Auguste Comte, the founder of sociology and positivism, employed a historical method in his law of three stages theory about societal development.
- Karl Marx, the philosopher, economist, historian, political theorist, and socialist revolutionary, extensively used historical and comparative methods in deriving his theory of historical materialism.
- Lewis Morgan, the American ethnologist and anthropologist, also used comparative methods in his analysis of kinship systems across various societies.
So the correct answer is 'All of the above'.
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