DEFINITIONS

Sociology has been defined in a number of ways by a number of people.

•The Science of Social phenomena (F.H. Giddings)

•The Science of Institutions (Durkhim)

•The Science of Social organization and social change (Kovalevsky)

•The Science Studying human relationship (Simmel)

•The Study of Social action (Weber)

•The Science of Society (Ward & Graham Sumner)

•The Science of collective behavior (Park)

Some of the contemporaries dfine Sociology in this way.

•Ken Brown: Sociology is the systematic or planned and organized study of human groups and social life in modern society

•William E.Cole: Sociology is the study of social system.

•Ian Robertson: Sociaology is the sientific study of human society and social behavior. •JohnJ.Maccionis: sociology is the scientific study of human society.

•Kalhoun, Kught and keller: sociology is the study of human society including both social action and social organization,

Conclusion

The Sociology is the systematic study of human

behavior

Origin and Development of Sociology & Early sociologist

Auguste Comte1836

French

Social Physics

Auguste ComteSOCIAL STATICS SOCIAL DYNAMICS Order and Stability

How and way do Societies hold together and endure?

Social change What makes

societies change and what shapes the nature and direction of the changes?

Origin and Development of Sociology & Early sociologist

Ibn e khaldun1332-1406

Tunis

Ilmul-Imran

Origin and Development of Sociology & Early sociologist

Herbert Spencer1820-1903

England

Organisms, Economy

Origin and Development of Sociology & Early sociologist

Karl Marx1818-1883

German

Socialism

Origin and Development of Sociology & Early sociologist

Emile durkheim1858-1917

French

Social order

Origin and Development of Sociology & Early sociologist

Wex weber1864-1920

German

Religion, politics, Music

Nature of SociologyI. Sociology is an Independent Science.II. Sociology is a Social Science & not Physical

Science.III. Sociology is a Categorical & not a Normative

Discipline. IV. Sociology is Relatively an abstract Science &

not a Concrete Science.V. Sociology is a Generalizing & not a

Particularizing or Individualizing. VI. Sociology is a General Science & not a Special

Social Science.VII. Finally, Sociology is both a Rational & an

Empirical Science.

Matter or Branches of Sociology1. Sociological Theory.2. Historical Sociology.3. Sociology of Family.4. Sociology of Community.5. Sociology of religion.6. Educational Sociology.7. Political Sociology.8. Sociology of Law.9. The Sociology of Economic Life.10. Sociology of Knowledge.11. Sociology of Terrorism.12. Social Psychology.13. Social Psychiatry.14. Social Disorganization.15. Human Ecology and Demography.