by kdkasi | May 27, 2017 | Max Weber
“Economy and society” is considered to be the most important work and contribution of “Max weber” in the discipline of sociology, his whole theoretical work regarding sociology is summarized in his mentioned book. He started his book by, defining the word “sociology”....
by kdkasi | May 27, 2017 | Emile Durkheim
Types of Suicide According to “Emile Durkheim”, any voluntary act of individual, which results in his death, despite being aware the effect of the act, is known as suicide. Durkheim explained four types of suicide in his book “suicide”, published in, 1897. Which are...
by kdkasi | May 27, 2017 | Emile Durkheim
Emile Durkheim conducted a research in 1869, on suicide rate in three countries, Denmark England and France. He was not interested in determining the personality traits of the individuals who committed suicide, however, he wanted to identify social links in the...
by kdkasi | May 27, 2017 | Emile Durkheim
“Emile Durkheim” belonged to the structural-functional school of thought. He was interested in the study of social structure and its functions. How different part of society function and contribute to the functioning of society as whole. He believed that social...
by kdkasi | May 27, 2017 | Emile Durkheim
Social Solidarity is how individuals feel connected and united with one another and to the society as whole. According to Emile Durkheim, social solidarity is based on, “social regulation” and “social integration”. Social regulation is based on three components, 1)...
by kdkasi | May 27, 2017 | Emile Durkheim
“Emile Durkheim” is amongst one of the important social thinker, in the field of sociology, who laid the foundation of the discipline and considered as, father of modern sociology. Initiating a new academic discipline is a challenging and difficult task. The First...
by kdkasi | May 27, 2017 | Auguste Comte
Law of Three Stages “Augusta Comte” philosophy is based on the concept of positivism. By, “Positivism “he meant that, obtaining knowledge by means of, scientific method. According to Comte; the knowledge, which is obtained using, experimental methods and observation...
by kdkasi | May 27, 2017 | Auguste Comte
Positivism is an approach to study and determine; how society operates and function, by means of scientific method. The term positivism was introduced in nineteenth century by “Auguste Comte”. Theory was based on the assumption that, there is possibility to observe...
by kdkasi | May 27, 2017 | Auguste Comte
As in Biology, anatomy is separated from physiology in the same way “Auguste comte” made distinction between social static and social dynamic, in sociology. Social static and social dynamic are not two distinct fact but are the components of a theory. The prime focus...
by kdkasi | May 27, 2017 | Ferdinand Tönnies
Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft both are sociological theories. Which is the contribution of German sociologist Ferdinand Tonnies in the discipline of sociology. Both categories are derived from German language, Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft which means “community” and...
