Discuss the origin and development of sociology and anthology ISC
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(i) Emergence of Sociology and Anthropology as Disciplines.
Discuss the definition, origin and growth of the two disciplines briefly.
Define the nature and scope of Sociology.
(ii) Classical Thinkers and Theories.
Contribution of the Classical Thinkers on the basis of their theories.
Discuss the contribution of the following on the basis of the given theories:
Auguste Comte – Positivism;
Herbert Spencer – Theory of Evolution (use Social Darwinism, Organic Analogy);
Emile Durkheim - Structural Functionalism (use the concepts sacred and profane, division of labour, solidarity)
Max Weber - Interpretive Sociology (bureaucracy, types of authority);
Karl Marx - Conflict Theory (class and class struggle).
(iii) Sociology and other Social Sciences.
An understanding of the interrelationship between Sociology and other Social Sciences
Relationship between Sociology and other Social Sciences (similarities and differences) - Political Science, Economics, Anthropology (Physical Anthropology; Socio-cultural Anthropology), History, Psychology, Philosophy.