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Sociological Thought Sukanya Das, Lovely Professional University

notes unit-28: residues

contents
Objectives
Introduction

28.1 Subject Matter
28.2 Residues
28.3 Summary
28.4 Keywords
28.5 Review Questions

28.6 Further Reading

objectives

After studying this unit, the students will be able to:
y Understand the concepts and attributes of residues,
y Understand combination, persistence, manifestation, sociability and integrity of personality.

introduction

Usually there are two aspects of human behaviour- stable and unstable or variable aspect. Pareto has
called the stable variable as residue.

28.1 subject matter

Pareto has attached sociology with psychology and it was an academic tradition of that era. Irrational
acts are associated with mental acts also. Feelings are related to activities and all these factors make
unreasonable acts. These facts will be put as such:
1. Residues
2. Derivation
(Derivation has been mentioned in lesson 29)

28.2 residues

To understand residues will go back to rational acts. Rational act joins the ends and means in
such a way that ends are achieved. This process is like economics or mathematics. But in all acts
of humans, only rational acts are not there, that is why Pareto says that if from all acts of human
beings, rational acts are taken out then what will be left is called residue. Broadly in humans’ faith,
traditions, customs, culture etc are residue. We greet our teacher. This act of ours is associated with
the faith that if we achieve the blessing of our teacher we will find an easy path. This act is residue act.

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