Subject matter of sociology

•Human and entire dynamic  society is the major concern of sociology.

•Sociology seeks to find explanation of three basic questions

1.How and why sociology emerge?2.How and why societies persist (continue)?3.How and why societies change?

The general outline of the subject matter  sociology is given below

1.Sociological analysis is the major concern of sociology. Sociology tries to analyze human society and culture  with a sociological perspective. It tries to  dig about the evolution process of  society. It means it analyzes the historical setting of the society. 2.It spends more time to describe  the primary units of social life. It tries to explain social acts and social relationship. Similarly, it  is concerned with the individual personality, groups of all varieties, different communities, organizations etc.

3. It is concerned with the  development, structure and functions of the social institutions like family and kinship, religion, economic, political and other various kind of  institution.

4.  Another  key subject matter of the sociology is the  fundamental social process like co- operation, competition, accommodation (adjustment) , assimilation (adaptation) and different kinds of social conflicts. Similarly, it also talks about  social stratification, indoctrination (propaganda), social deviance like crime, suicide etc.

5. Sociology focuses on method of research as well. Rational and empirical  thinking is the notion of sociology.  Sociologists use scientific method to investigate  about the  social phenomenon.

6. Formulating concepts, propositions and  theories is the another crucial subject matter of the sociology. Concepts are abstracted from concrete experience  to represent a class of phenomena.  Social stratification, deviance, conformity (Traditional values) are the example of concepts.

• • A proposition or hypothesis seeks  to reflect  a relationship between different categories  of data or concept. An example of proposition:  Lower class youths are  more likely to commit  crimes than middle- class youths. The proposition is debatable. After studying scientifically it may be accepted or  rejected.

•Theories represents   systematically related propositions that explain phenomenon.

 In conclusion

•In present day there are  good number of  specialized fields of inquiry in this subject. For example: sociology of knowledge, sociology of history, sociology of literature, sociology of culture,, sociology of religion, sociology of family etc.