Question

Discuss with suitable examples different theories of social change in about 500 words

Answer 1

Theory of Deterioration:
Man originally lived in a perfect state of happiness in a golden age. Subsequently, however, deterioration began to take place with the result that man reached an age of comparative degeneration.

Cyclic Theory:
society has a predetermined life cycle and has birth, growth, maturity, and decline.

Linear Theory:
Society gradually moves to an even higher state of civilization.