A guide for Sociology students
Green Peace movement started the tradition of ‘bearing witness’ in a non-violent manner to environmental exploitation. It was founded in 1971, and is working towards a green and peaceful future that follows sustainable development practices. Green Peace exposes global environmental problems and works to bring changes in government policies that threaten the natural world. It all … Read more
Vilfredo Pareto proposed the concept of ‘Circulation of elite’. It can be explained in atleast two ways. One of them is that the ‘circulation of elite’ is the process in which one elite replaces the another. The second reference is that the movement of people from non-elite groups to elite groups and vice-versa. Pareto explained … Read more
Emile Durkheim introduced the term ‘Anomie’ to define one of the abnormal type of society formed as a result of ‘division of labour’. He explained that though material life changes rapidly, standards and values are not changing as much as needed. For example, factory workers do boring and monotonous activities everyday. They do not feel … Read more
James Frazer, an eminent social anthropologist argued that as the civilization progresses, primitive magic is replaced by religion, in turn replaced by science. Civilized societies are looking at magic as superstition and science as truth, whereas magic is the root of science, according to Frazer. But many European Scholars criticized Frazer and argued that magic and science may … Read more
Joseph Schumpeter, an eminent economist published many works on entrepreneurship. His theory of entrepreneurship directly says that entrepreneurship is innovation. Schumpeter pointed out that ordinary economic behaviour is more or less automatic, entrepreneurs on the other hand has always to think innovative. He opined that when entrepreneur innovates extraordinary things, he needs fresh guidance to proceed … Read more
