Nature of Sociology:-
Robert Brierstedt in his book ‘The social order’ enlisted the main characteristics of sociology.
1. Sociology is an independent science. It has it’s own field of study, boundary and method.
2. It is a social science not a physical one. So it focuses on the social life of man.
3. It is a pure science not an applied one. It’s applied field are adminstration deplomacy and social work.
4. It is an abstract science not a concrete one. It means that it is intersted with the form of events and their patterns.
5. It is a generalizing science not a particular one sociology tries to find the general laws or principles about human interaction and association of society.
6. It is a general science not a special social science.
7. Sociology is both a rational and empirical science.
8. Sociology is not a normative discipline. Sociology says what is, not what should be or ought to be. For example, on the basis of simply observation a researcher can report that drinking is in public in the western culture. It is not in public in eastern society. Whether, drinking is good or bad can not remarked by the researcher. Therefore the nature of sociology is it is a value free science. This means it does not impose any value. For example, goodness or badness or desirability or undesirability of a thick. Sociology is ethically natural.
In concrete terms sociology is a library of facts and figure cannot tell us. Sociology is also a set of techniques for collecting and understanding information on social behavior. It is a science that has developed over the last hundred year and is still growing.
Robert Brierstedt in his book ‘The social order’ enlisted the main characteristics of sociology.
1. Sociology is an independent science. It has it’s own field of study, boundary and method.
2. It is a social science not a physical one. So it focuses on the social life of man.
3. It is a pure science not an applied one. It’s applied field are adminstration deplomacy and social work.
4. It is an abstract science not a concrete one. It means that it is intersted with the form of events and their patterns.
5. It is a generalizing science not a particular one sociology tries to find the general laws or principles about human interaction and association of society.
6. It is a general science not a special social science.
7. Sociology is both a rational and empirical science.
8. Sociology is not a normative discipline. Sociology says what is, not what should be or ought to be. For example, on the basis of simply observation a researcher can report that drinking is in public in the western culture. It is not in public in eastern society. Whether, drinking is good or bad can not remarked by the researcher. Therefore the nature of sociology is it is a value free science. This means it does not impose any value. For example, goodness or badness or desirability or undesirability of a thick. Sociology is ethically natural.
In concrete terms sociology is a library of facts and figure cannot tell us. Sociology is also a set of techniques for collecting and understanding information on social behavior. It is a science that has developed over the last hundred year and is still growing.
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