Question

short note on nature of sociology

Answer 1

Sociology is the branch of knowledge and it has its own characteristics. Sociology has different nature in society. It is different from other sciences in certain respects. The following are the main characteristics of sociology as enlisted by Robert Bierstedt in his book " The Social Order" and they are as follows:-

Sociology is an independent science

Sociology is the social science and not a physical science 

Sociology is the categorical and not a normative discipline 

Sociology is the pure science and not an applied science

Sociology is the relatively an abstract science and not a concrete science 

Answer 2

nature of sociology like any other discipline have its own area of studies and are not fully dependend on other discipline