Answer to Question #235582 in Sociology for joiiiiii

Question

Is Gerhard Lenski right in classifying societies based on technological advances? What other criteria might be appropriate, based on what you have read?

Answer 1

Gerard Lenski is correct to classify society based on their technology because societies advance with the help of technology. The other criteria that can be used to categorize the societies are based on their level of industrialization starting from preindustrial to industrial and to post-industrial.