Critical Theory and Frankfurt School
Critical Theory and Frankfurt School: Although all the theorists discussed in this section provide a critique of contemporary society, the […]
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Karl Marx on Class Conflict
Marx on class conflict has argued that at any one time, it is the class conflict or struggle that defines
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List of Sociology Journals in SCOPUS (December 2022)
List of Sociology and Political Science Journals in SCOPUS Source Title Publisher Administrative Science Quarterly Cornell University Press Journal of
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Karl Marx: A Sociologist with a difference!
Karl Marx was born in Trier, Prussia, on May 5, 1818 (Beilharz, 2005e). His father, a lawyer, provided the family
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Auguste Comte: The father of Sociology
Auguste Comte was born in Montpelier, France, on January 19, 1798. His parents were middle class, and his father eventually
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Alexis de Tocqueville: An Aristocrat Sociologist
Alexis de Tocqueville was born on July 29, 1805, in Paris. He came from a prominent though not wealthy aristocratic
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Abdel Rahman Ibn-Khaldun: A Brief Biography
Ibn-Khaldun was born in Tunis, North Africa, on May 27, 1332. Many modern scholars, particularly Islamic scholars consider him the first Sociologist.
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The Sociological Perspective: The Foundation of Sociology
The Sociological Perspective The basic insight of sociology is that human behavior is shaped by the groups to which people
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Georg Simmel and Conflict Theory: A new thread of conflict Theory
Georg Simmel (1858-1918) Among the great early sociologists, Simmel was the most interested in identifying universal patterns in human behavior.
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Elite Theory: A Contemporary Alternative of Conflict Theory
Elite Theory Although the major elements of conflict theory were set out by Marx and Weber, a number of other
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Max Weber and Conflict Theory: Tracing the Origin Conflict Theory
Max Weber and Conflict Theory Max Weber was born into a prominent bourgeois German family. His father was an important
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Karl Marx and Conflict Theory: An Introduction
Karl Marx and Conflict Theory Conflict theory in sociology is the creation of Karl Marx. Indeed, Marxism and conflict theory
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Neofunctionalism: New Addition in Functionalism or against it?
What is Neofunctionalism? Neofunctionalism is a recent theoretical development that emerged in the mid-1980s, both in the United States and
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Impact of Globalization on Agriculture
Impact of Globalization on Agriculture:
Unsustainable agricultural practices are increasing like the excessive use of fertilizers.
It is the big MNCs and private players who are actually getting benefitted from agriculture in the modern globalized world and not the actual tiller of the land or the farmer.
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Chicago School of Thought – Urban Sociology
Chicago school has been contributing to the development of the sociology field for years. The principal focus of specialists has
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Sanskritisation: Mobility in Rigid Caste System
Sanskritisation This concept or term was coined by M.N. Srinivas (a famous Indian Sociologist). Sanskrutization can be defined as the
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What is socialisation? Conceptualization and Agencies of socialisation
Meaning •What is socialisation? Socialisation is an important process for the functioning and continuation of society. Different societies have different
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How do early Humans get their Food?
Early humans would have obtained food in a number of ways, such as gathering, hunting, scavenging, and fishing. The gathering would involve collecting plant foods such as seeds, nuts, berries, fruits, and tubers.
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Discipline and Punish (Summary) by Foucault
Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (1975) is a profound and transformative work that interrogates the
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Concept of State and its Attributes
The modern nation-state, with a centralized structure and elaborate bureaucracy, is a relatively recent human innovation (Bottomore 1979) having been
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Types of Authority and Legitimacy – Weber
Authority implies legitimacy or legitimate use of power. According to Weber, there are three systems of legitimation, each with its
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Weber’s Conception of Social Action
Social Action: Action is ‘social’ insofar as its subjective meaning takes account of the behavior of others and is thereby oriented in its course.
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System of Land Ownership
Systems of Land Ownership The system of land ownership regulates the relationship of the people to the land, specifically the
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Herbert Marcuse: One-Dimensional Man (1964) and Advanced Industrial Society
Introduction to Herbert Marcuse Herbert Marcuse was a German philosopher closely associated with the Frankfurt school (Radical intellectuals) Marcuse was
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Talcott Parsons: The Social System, and General Action Theory (1952)
Introduction Talcott Parsons (1902-1979) was a prominent American Sociologist of twentieth century. He served on the faculty of Harvard University
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Discourse, Power and Knowledge – Michel Foucault
The Introduction (The Archaeology of Knowledge) In France, a country that awards its intellectuals the status other countries give to
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What is Tribe? With Reference to Tribes in India
Tribe is generally used for a “socially cohesive unit, associated with a territory, the members of which regard themselves as politically autonomous
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System Analysis: An Approach in Political Theory (2022)
System Analysis in Political Science Systems analysis was influenced by the Austrian Canadian biologist Ludwig von Bertalanffy and the American sociologist Talcott
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Origin and Development of Sociology
In origin and development of Sociology, two factors played important role. 1) Intellectual Forces (contributions of thinkers; 2) Social Forces (Social conditions prevalent in society).
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What is Social Institution? Basic concepts in Sociology (2025)
The social institution is a system of beliefs, norms, values, positions and activities that develop around a basic societal need or generally, institutions are patterns of norms that define behaviour in social relationships. Institutions are the pre-defined patterns of conduct established by habitualised human actions.
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