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Information and Literature Survey in Social Sciences

Notes 1. Sociology

The term sociology means the study of society and human social action. Generally the sociology
constitutes the social rules and processes that bind and separate people not only as individuals, but
as members of associations, groups communities and institutions and includes the examination of
the organization and development of human social life.

Did u Know? What is the scope of sociology?
The sociological have broad scope and includes the study of small
contacts between anonymous individuals on the street to the study
of global social process. Most sociologists work in one or more
subfields.

2. History

The discipline of history includes the continuous, systematic narrative and research of past events
concerning to humanity. History can be seen as the aggregate of a number of things taken together and
the spectrum of events occurring in action following in order leading from the past to the present and
into the future. The historical method comprises the techniques and guidelines by which historians
use primary sources and other evidence to research and then to write history.
The following sections cover the detail discussion of sociology and history discipline.

Self Assessment

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1. .......………..can be seen as the aggregate of a number of things taken together and the spectrum
of events occurring in action following in order leading from the past to the present and
into the future.
2. The discipline of history includes the continuous, systematic narrative and research of past
events concerning to………......…..

3.2 Sociology

Sociology as a science of society, studies its social institutions, social groups, social processes and
organisations. It emerged in the Western society out of a socio-historical background which had its
origins in the Enlightenment period. This period embodied the scientific and technological revolution,
intellectual revolution and the commercial revolution in Europe, on the one hand, and the French
revolution in 1789 on the other. The Enlightenment period stretched from the 14th century to the
18th century and had given rise to forces of social change which rocked the feudal monarchy, as well
as, the Church in Europe. The Industrial revolution in England was the result of the technological
developments which had taken place during the Enlightenment period brought very deep rooted
changes in the nature of society and role of the individual.
It had given rise to mass poverty, social evils and cultural problems. All these events gave the scholars
and thinkers of that period reason to develop a science of society which could deal with these problems,

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