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Unit-14: Contribution in Sociological Method-Sociology as a Science-the Concept of Social Facts
3. This was the rigid favour of Durkheim that sociology should be a specific science. He tells at this notes
sight that if the work of sociology represents the bases of wonderful element of philosophical science
then there will be no new support of these. To show the clearly in this relation Durkheim rights that
we should be described analysis of these boycott the normal symptoms of social facts. He writes, “By
this sociology becomes specific, it will provide more fundamental material for develop the sociology
shadow.“
self assessment
Fill in the blanks—
1. The use of these things of …………….we saw in the sociology of Durkheim.
2. Some things that were common in western society, Durkheim has called them as ……….
3. The first importance …………………… of Durkheim is he does creation of philosophy,
classical knowledge and different specific psychological methodology.
14.2 social facts
“The rule of sociological method “is an important book of Durkheim which published in 1895. whenever
this book composed ,that time sociology was establishing in the form of new topic. Durkheim feel
this thing that sociology cannot be established until them in a form of separate science whenever a
specific study thing and a arranged study method for their exploration not developed. For fulfilling
these two objects Durkheim composed this book . He provided it a free existence by freeing sociology
from psychology and anthropology, established in the form of subject matter of sociology of social fact
in the form of a freedom reality by generating from collecting consciousness, and collected inclusion.
The study of this socialization reality cannot be from psychological and philosophical method but for
this a scientific method is necessary and this scientific method can be a method of natural sciences.
‘The rule of sociological method ‘epic have six chapters. In first chapter Durkheim described the
definition and features of social facts in the form of the problem of subject matter and research of
sociology. In second chapter determined the rule of scientific and subjective observation of sociological
facts. In third chapter analyze the normal and disease facts. In fourth chapter described the rule of the
division of social facts. In fifth chapter give the detail description of social facts. Six chapter is related
to the systems of elections and anomalism and in last chapter Durkheim present the sort result of his
whole interpretation there we will described the ideas of Durkheim of social facts.
What are social facts?
Durkheim is enterprise of social facts in the form of subject matter of sociology. Social facts are that
fact which related to collective consciousness and which fried from personal consciousness. From the
force of social facts human and group behaves. To defining the social facts Durkheim writes. “Social
facts are that side of behaviour whom inspection is possible in form of subjective and which forces
for a special behavior.” And at other place Durkheim writes ,”Social facts is that method to feel , to
do work and think, in which described specialties to keep the existence internally from personal
consciousness” to understanding in the description form of social facts in last lines of first chapter of
the book the rule of sociological method Durkheim writes, “Social facts is the permanent and temporary
method of to actioning of sociological facts which is able to externally forces on human and a method
of again action which find out in normal form in any society , but as well as whose keep free separate
existence from personal expression.“
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