Question

Write short notes
1. Nature of sociology
2. New emerging area in sociology
3. Enlightenment period

Answer 1

Explanation:

1.Nature of Sociology. Sociology is a science which is difficult than other sciences. It helps to understand the society. ... Sociology is a social science, not a physical science (it studies human beings, the social behavior, social activities as well as social life.)

2.The study of human society in scientific way is said to have begun with August Comte. The emergence of sociology as a discipline of academic interest is of recent origin. Its emergence as a discipline can be attributed to the vast changes that took place in the nineteenth century.

3.The Enlightenment was a significant contributing factor to the emergence of sociology in the late 18th and early 19th century. The Enlightenment is considered to be the source of critical ideas, such as the centrality freedom, democracy, and reason as primary values of society.