Topics
Introduction of Sociology
Contribution of Western and Indian Sociologists
- Introduction to Western Sociologists
- Auguste Comte (1798-1857)
- Emile Durkheim (1858-1917)
- Karl Marx (1818-1883)
- Abdul Rahman Ibn-khaldun
- Harriet Martineau (1802 – 1876)
- Durkheims’ Theory of Suicide
- William Du Bois (1868 – 1963)
- Marxian Theory of ‘Class Conflict’
- Introduction to Indian Sociologists
- Dr. G. S. Ghurye (1893-1983)
- Dr. M. N. Srinivas (1916-1999)
- Dr. Iravati Karve (1905-1970)
Basic Concepts in Sociology
- Introduction of Society
- Definition of Society
- Characteristics of Society
- Introduction of Community
- Definition of Community
- Elements of Community
- Introduction of Social Group
- Definition of Social Group
- Characteristics of Social Group
- Types of Social Group
- Concept of Social Status
- Types of Social Status
- Concept of Social Role
- Social Role Related Concept
- Concept of Social Norms
- Types of Social Norms
Social Institutions
- Concept of Social Institutions
- Characteristics of Social Institutions
- Concept of Family
- Functions of Family
- Forms of Family
- Twenty-first Century Families
- Concept of Marriage
- Forms of Marriage
- Family, Marriage and Kinship
- Economy and Work
- Concept of Education
- Types of Education
- Importance of Education
- Education and Social Division
Culture
Socialization
Social Stratification
Social Change
Definition
MacIver and Page: “Society is a system of usages and procedures, of authority and mutual aid, of many groupings and divisions of controls of human behaviour and of liberties.
Oxford Dictionary: “The aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community”
Morris Ginsberg: “A society is a collection of individuals united by certain relations or mode of behaviour which mark them off from others who do not enter into these relations or differ from them in behaviour.”
Notes
Definition of Society:
MacIver and Page: “Society is a system of usages and procedures, of authority and mutual aid, of many groupings and divisions of controls of human behaviour and of liberties.
Oxford Dictionary: “The aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community”
Morris Ginsberg: “A society is a collection of individuals united by certain relations or mode of behaviour which mark them off from others who do not enter into these relations or differ from them in behaviour.”
Sociologists feel that the most important component of society is social relationships among people. Society, therefore, is defined as a system of social relationships. Not every relationship is social. For a relationship to be social, certain conditions must exist:
i) The condition of mutual awareness: The persons involved in the social relationship must be aware or conscious of each other.
ii) There must be some form of reciprocity: Reciprocity should be between the individuals concerned. For example, two people running in the opposite direction are aware of each other. The first condition of mutual awareness for a social relationship is satisfied. When one of them greets each other and the other response, the second condition of reciprocity is also met and a social relationship is said to exist between the two. It is not necessary that the reciprocity is positive or friendly; it can also be conflicting.
