Introduction to Sociology 8th Notes KSEEB Social Science
→ The word Sociology originates from two words.
→ Socius-latin language means ‘Companion’ and Logos-Greek language – means ‘study’. Sociology is the science of human society.
→ There is no society without individual and there is no individual without society.
→ Sociology deals about human social life, social relationship, social institution and social process.
→ Sociology is a definitive study but not a directive study.
→ Sociology is a pure science and not an applied science.
→ Sociology is an intangible science.
→ Sociology is a general Science.
→ Sociology supplements the personality development by creating holistic understanding of social structure, growth and changes and individual responsibilities, Sociology facilitates holistic personality development.
→ Sociology aids the proper understanding of social processes by studying the religion, traditions, culture, social rules and regulations values and ideals of other various societies.
→ Our society suffers from its own social problems, society facing problems like crime, juvenile crime, communal clanes, hunger, malnutrition, caste based discrimination, unemployment, gambling, prostitution, child labour, inequality and other various problems.
→ Sociology has relationship with many social sciences like history, political science, psychology, anthropology, economics etc.
→ The early sociologists are August Comte, Enile Durkheim, Max Weber, Herbert Spencer etc.
→ August Comte is an important French philosopher who is called the first social philosopher.
→ Karl Marx is an important social thinker of world repute of 19 century.
→ Karl Marx is a founder of “class struggle theory”.
→ Emile Durkheim is called as the ‘Father of the development of sociology’.
→ Max Weber is an unforgetable personality in the field of social science.
→ Dr. Ainbedkar is one of the prominent Indian social reformer and an expert in law.
→ Dr Ambedkar fought against explorations of dalits in india like intouchability.
→ Ambedkar was the first to prove that all sorts of exploitation of dalits can be overcome by education.
→ Ambedkar argued in favour of compulsory and free education at all.
→ GS.Ghruye played an important role in the establishment of departments of sociology in the Indian universities.
→ M.N.Srinivas is the internationally renowned Indian sociologist.
→ M.N.Srinivas popularised the “field based sociologist studies in India”.
→ C.Parvathamma is the prominent contemporary sociological from Karnataka.
→ Iravati Karve is recognised as the prominent sociologist of India.
→ A.R. Desai is important among the prominent sociologist of India.