The classical sociologists provided arguments on how individual(s) and society relate to each other. What role does individual action play in explaining society and social processes at large? What impact does society in turn have on the constitution of human beings as individuals? What kind of prospects for autonomy and/or self -realization do individuals have depending on the social context of which they are a part (i.e. as members of different classes, occupational groups, urban living conditions etc.)?