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This paper will examine the evolution of structural or functionalism theory in order to truck its ancestry over time. For this paper, Herbert Spencer has been selected as the main influence on other theorists in structural functionalism. The ideas presented by Spencer in Principles of Sociology (1874) formed the basis for many theorists such as Émile Durkheim who later influenced other theorist. In his publication, Spencer used the analogy of the human body and its different organs to show how society is made up of structures that help it survive. Émile Durkheim supported Herbert Spencer’s ideas by theorizing ...
