Sociology which is known as the science of society‚ is one of the youngest as well as one of the oldest of the social sciences. It is one of the youngest sciences because only recently it came to be established as a distinct branch of knowledge with its own distinct set of concepts and its own methods of inquiry. Sociology is also one of the oldest of the sciences. Since the dawn of civilization‚ society has been as a subject for speculation and inquiry along with other phenomena which have agitated
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Instructor: Course: Date: Modernity and Classical Social Theory Modernity is one phrase that is complex to define. This is because no precise definition of modernity that is globally accepted has been decided upon. This is inclusive of the sociology field that has seen so many theories brought about to define modernity. However‚ we can have a general definition defining modernity as a post-middle age era that is discernible with a drastic change from the pre-modern concept of agrarianism to
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PANJAB UNIVERSITY‚ CHANDIGARH-160014 (INDIA) (Estd. under the Panjab University Act VII of 1947—enacted by the Govt. of India) FACULTY OF ARTS SYLLABI FOR M.A. SOCIOLOGY (Semester System) EXAMINATIONS‚ 2011-2012 --: o :-- 1 Note : A candidate for M.A. examination shall offer Psychology or Sociology or Statistics or Public Administration only if he/she has completed the prescribed courses in an affiliated college or the Department concerned of this University. APPLICABILITY
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to the international debate over the rights of the unborn. “Human Life and Fetal Images‚” an essay by Rebecca Albury‚ appeared in the Australian publication on August 10 of this year. Albury made the following statements about the teachings of Karl Marx and their relationship to the unborn: A Marxist believes that personality and human value are imparted by the external and economic environment‚ not by any inherent spiritual value‚ or even by biological processes. The fetus‚ according to a Marxist
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SOCIAL SCIENCE I SOCIOLOGY IN PHILIPPINE SETTING SOCIETY‚ CULTURE WITH FAMILY PLANNING Why Study Sociology 1. To obtain factual information about our society and different aspects of our social life. 2. Enables us to learn the application of scientific information to daily life and problems. 3. Develop the capacity to see through some of the folk‚ traditional and conventional wisdom our of society. 4. Sociology performs its most important function when superstition and misinformation are replaced
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Sociology as a branch of knowledge‚ has its own unique characteristics‚ it is different from other sciences in certain respects. An analysis of its internal logical characteristics helps one to understand what kind of science it is. The following are the main characteristics of sociology. 1. Sociology is an independent science: Sociology has now emerged into an independent science. It is not treated and studied as a branch of any other science like philosophy or political philosophy or history
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Charisma is a quality of an individual personality that is considered extraordinary‚ and followers may consider this quality to be endowed with supernatural‚ superhuman‚ or exceptional powers or qualities. Whether such powers actually exist or not is irrelevant the fact that followers believe that such powers exist is what is important. Charismatic leadership has emerged in all places and in all historical ages. For example‚ we have the Kwaio Big Man’ of Melanesia (Sahlins‚ 1963) compared to the
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Max weber is the father of father of the bureaucratic management theory. ’This theory has two essential element .The prime one is configuring a institution in hierarchy and second one is the organization and the its people are administered by specific legal decision making rules. He believed that once bureaucracy has established in organization it is extremely defiant to any attempt to remove its power. Weber identified three basic types of legitimate authority‚ Traditional authority- where people
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theories. For each Early Thinker‚ the more of an impact the affair had on their life‚ it had on their theories. There are three main Early Thinkers‚ Emile Durkheim‚ Max Weber‚ and Karl Marx. Emile Durkheim had many contributions to sociology‚ including his work on suicide. Durkheim was appointed one of the first professors of sociology in France. He developed a fundamental thesis to help explain all of the aspects of society. He studied the Arunta‚ which is an Australian tribe‚ and focused on the
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Discuss critically Marx’s Ideologies and His Critique on Capitalis. Marxism political and economical concept was introduced by famous philosopher Karl Marx. Marx focused on modern civilization and societal behavior in which governmental philosophies is habitual.Karl Marx possess that a society’s leading principles is essential to its formation. According to Marxist point of view‚ the ideology is based on financial and formation of model society‚ in which finance represents the relationship
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