Major Concern of Sociology

Major Concern of Sociology refers to the concept that sociology seeks to find the explanation of three basic questions: why and how society emerges, why and how society persists, and why and how social change?

The major concern of sociology:

• Sociology has given sufficient attention to the primary unit of social life.
• It has been concerned with the development, structure, and function of a wide variety of social institutions.
• No, a sociologist can afford to ignore the fundamental social processes.
• It has placed a high premium on the method of research also.
• The major Concern of Sociology is with the study of human social behavior and the influence of society upon this behavior
• Sociologists are concerned with the task of “formulating concepts, propositions, and theories.”

Concept: Concepts are abstracted from concrete experience to represent class phenomena. For example terms such as social stratification, conformity, deviance, etc.

Proposition: Proposition seeks to reflect a relationship between the different categories of data or concepts. For instance, lower-class youth are more likely to commit crimes than higher class.

Theories: Theories go beyond the concept and proposition that explain social phenomena. Sociological theory is more rooted in factual than philosophical.

Uses of Sociology are:

1. To study society in a more scientific way.
2. It throws more light on the social nature of man.
3. It helps to know not only our society but also other societies.
4. It helps to enrich culture.
5. It studies great social institutions.
6. Sociology is greater, especially in under-developed countries.
7. It helps to solve problems.
8. It helps in planning and social understanding of society.
9. It helps the government to promote the welfare of tribal or indigenous people.
10. Finally, as Prof. Gidding has pointed out “Sociology tells us how to become what we want to be”.

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