The major sociological theories ..

In social science as a whole sociology and anthropology have always been seen as the founding fathers of such discipline and it has mostly been regarded as the major discipline with a unique theory that explains human societies ...first there are three major sociological theories of our time,which are conflict theories,functionalism and symbolic interaction.i am going to explain all of them below,starting with the first to the last.

1.conflict theories: it is one of the most toughest of all of them,conflict theory was majorly propounded by Karl Marx,the Siberian icon (which is known as Germany),the theory states that conflict and strive arises and exist in a society because most of the nation wealth and resources that are used for production are owned and controlled by the capitalist (they are often called bourgeois) who are few,thus while many are left to work under them (whom are often called the proletariat) for penny and are often forced to sell their labor for wages.they believed that as a result of this conflict would always exist in human society because the rich will continue to grow richer because of the position they occupy,controlling large scale production facilities and while the poor(proletariat) will continue to be poor because they are being marginalized as a result of the structure of the economy ,thus for him the only way the society can be equal and develop well is for the poor mass to set up a revolt against the few rich that controls the means of production thereby bringing about a change in power and as well the country of the economy i the hands of the government.in total conflict theories pays more attention to power differentials such as gender,race and class and  thus it ideology about human society is  one that is based on conflict and social change

2.functionalism: it was a theory that was propounded by Herbert Spencer,Talcott parson,Emile Durkheim e.t.c they saw the human society as a complex whole that works together to promote stability and solidarity. in essence it is believed that when one part of the society is not working well,let say for instance if the norms and laws of a society are not perfectly understood,some individuals might manifest some deviance attitude at some often times and hence in other to solve such a menace the norms or laws of such society are to be evaluated ...

3.symbolic interaction: this was a work done by Herbert mead and colleagues e.t.c ,it is often intersected with interactionism which places emphasis on subjective meaning. the theory states that the signs and symbols in human society are all created by humans with specific meaning and information that guides it,for them the believe that the society we live in today is a product of every day interaction between human..it is also a shared reality of what human think and do,likewise during that process countless and numerous numbers of signs are used in accomplishing a task. hence final for them they believe also that the society is an ever changing arena day in day out..
these are the three major sociological theory in sociology and anthropology.