Eight pernicious postulates of 19th century sociology

[Cain]

(1) there are distinct, autonomous societies;
(2) social behaviour results from individual mental states;
(3) social change is a coherent social phenomenon;
(4) large-scale social changes occur in a series of stages;
(5) differentiation leads to advancement as well as to (6) disorder;
(7) disorder and 'deviant behaviour' result from rapid social change; and
( conflict precipitated by constituted authorities is legitimate, while conflict precipitated by individuals is illegitimate.

Via Charles Tilly

[Elder Iptuous]

although i disagree with others, the only one that gets my hackles up is number  .
(which i think is ironic that it got the shades by mistake...)

[Jasper]

I like this.  What's the source, did you generate this list yourself?

[Cain]

No, Charles Tilly did, I just lifted them from 50 Key Thinkers on International Relations, where there is a good, if brief, article on his work.