Categories: Sociology

Sociology and its Development

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Sociology is one of the most interesting subjects in the planet&period; One can easily understand the social life by understanding Sociology&period; A French philosopher Auguste Comte invented the term Sociology&period; That’s why he is known as the father of Sociology&period; The term Sociology is the combination of two different words&comma; one &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Socius” from Latin word which means associate or companion&semi; the other word is taken from the Greek word &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Logus” which means the scientific study about something&period; Thus&comma; Sociology is defined as the study in which the human association is being studied scientifically on the basis of theories&period; It is believed that Sociology is the youngest of the social sciences&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Definition of Sociology<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">There are various definitions given by different writers to define the Sociology&period; For example few writers think that Sociology is the scientific study about the society&period; While the others believe that Sociology is the science through which the society can be studied with the help of social interaction&period; Similarly some writers argue that Sociology is the web cam of the society&period; One gets clear idea about the definition of Sociology after analyzing the ideas of different writers&period; Sociology is the study in which the society of human beings can be studied through scientific method and in an organized manner&period; Still a controversy is going on whether Sociology is a science or general subject&period; For science&comma; the elements and laboratory are required but Sociology does not have any laboratory or elements&period; However&comma; many Sociologists claimed that society is the laboratory and the individuals are the elements for Sociology and a Sociologist conducts variety of experiments from the society&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Development of Sociology<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Auguste Comte was the pioneer of Sociology who promoted the Sociology in his &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Positive Philosophy” which was published in 1838&period; Later on English philosopher Herbert Spencer contributed in the filed of Sociology and published his book &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Principles of Sociology” in the year 1876&period; After Comte and Spencer&comma; the famous writers and philosophers carried the work of Sociology and contributed greatly in this field&period; The work of Comte and Spencer was followed by the people like Lester F&period; Ward&comma; Emile Durkheim&comma; Karl Marx and C&period;H Cooley etc&period; The teaching of Sociology started in the universities in 1890s&period; Slowly and gradually Sociology started to occupy the space in every walk of life&period; Later on various theories and methods of Sociology were given by popular philosophers through Sociology became one of the most significant subjects in every country&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Field of Sociology<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">It is a scientific subject which focuses on the group life of human beings and their collective behavior&period; A Sociologist always concentrates on customs&comma; traditions and values of society&period; Sociology covers topics like collective behavior&comma; demography&comma; deviant behavior&comma; social change&comma; social psychology and urban Sociology&period; Similarly&comma; crime and delinquency&comma; law and society&comma; Sociology of religion and human resource development are some of the important subjects of Sociology&period; All the subject have more or less relationships with each other&period;&comma; but Sociology is one which has a great relationship with other subjects like mass communication&comma; psychology&comma; political science&comma; criminology and Anthropology etc&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Challenge in the Field of Sociology<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">An important challenge in the field of Sociology is the changing behavior of individuals&comma; patterns of society&comma; norms&comma; rules and regulations&period; The theories which were given hundred years ago can be useless today because of variation in the human nature&period; The common people do not accept the theories of Sociology and factual arguments of Sociologist&period; The people use to respect their stereotypical approach&period; There was a time when people thought that the death under green tree while sleeping at night is caused by supernatural power&period; They were unaware about the biological factors&period; As soon as the biology developed&comma; it brought a clear idea that the act of sleeping under a tree at night is harmful because of the release of carbon dioxide&period; But people do not yet agree with the ideas of Sociologist because of their superstitious beliefs&period; While studying Sociology&comma; one may get hurt from the information provided by the Sociologists&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&&num;160&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Scope of Sociology<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p> &&num;160&semi;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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