by kdkasi | Jul 15, 2023 | Auguste Comte
Auguste Comte, a prominent French philosopher and sociologist, is considered the founder of the theory of positivism. Comte’s positivism sought to establish a systematic and scientific approach to understanding society, emphasizing empirical observation and the...
by kdkasi | Jul 15, 2023 | Karl Marx
Karl Marx, a renowned philosopher, economist, and social theorist, developed a comprehensive critique of capitalism. Central to his analysis was the concept of surplus value, which he argued formed the foundation of exploitation within the capitalist system. In this...
by kdkasi | Jul 15, 2023 | Karl Marx
Karl Marx, the influential philosopher, economist, and social theorist, developed a comprehensive theory of economic development that aimed to explain the historical progression of societies. Marx’s analysis centered around the dialectical relationship between...
by kdkasi | Sep 17, 2020 | The State and Political Institution
Political institution refers to a social structure of power within a given society. It delegates varied extents of power among individuals and institutions, so as to maintain the social order. Commonly, all social institutions are preoccupied with the structure of...
by kdkasi | Jun 11, 2020 | Sociology Research
Each and every development program and policy are planned and executed in the hope to bring about certain changes such as, raising income, preventing child abuse, avoiding diseases, or improving learning. In order to know, whether the intended change is being...
by kdkasi | Dec 27, 2019 | Characteristics of Culture
In sociology the concept of culture refers to the shared thoughts of a particular group regarding way of life. The structure of a certain culture is based on four major elements including, language, norms, values and beliefs. These major cultural components regulate...
by kdkasi | Dec 4, 2019 | What are Social Problems?
Individuals encounter two types of problem within a society these include, troubles and issues. Troubles refer to those problems which are faced by individuals on personal level. Whereas, issues are those problems which are faced by individuals on larger social level....
by kdkasi | Oct 12, 2019 | What are Attitudes?
Attitude is derived from a Latin word “Optus” which means ready and fit for action. Earlier, attitude referred to something that could be directly observed like, the moves of fighters in a boxing ring. However, in the context of psychology attitude can be defined as...
by kdkasi | Oct 12, 2019 | John Locke Philosophy
John Locke was distinguished English philosopher of seventeenth century. He was born in 1632 and is considered as an important figure of early European enlightenment. Most of his philosophical ideas had huge influence on later eminent enlightenment figures including,...
by kdkasi | Oct 3, 2019 | What Is Public Opinion?
Definitions of Public Opinion Many distinguished political thinkers have defined the concept of public opinion differently . Rousseau a prominent political thinker referred to public opinion as general will. He explained the general will by categorizing individual...
