NOTES ON SACRED AND PROFANE “Sacred”, the meaning of this word in an abstract sense is the quality, of a particular thing, of holiness. In other words, if a thing is considered as it is sacred, it means it is holy. It is not an absolute word or in other words, holiness is the matter … Read more
Was heading for Kashmiri gate to Rithala, as usual, my cell wasn’t charged thus I started my Sherlock game “let’s deduce”. After browsing around, my eyes found its bait, she was a fair looking lady, not much of elite class and neither that poor but well-dressed, with budget-oriented phone and the typical pink earphones. After … Read more
The caste system is a special type of social stratification found mostly in ancient and modern India’ but elements of it, and even well-developed systems it is found in various parts of the world. The word ‘caste’ is derived from a Latin word caste meaning breed. It is divided into 4 varnas (color) later which … Read more
In sociology, there are many factors like sex, caste, creed, race or any institution in which subordination is needed. A subaltern in a layman language is nothing but Sub-ordination. Insubordination, it is not necessary that people will always co-ordinate. Sometimes there will be bold resistance to anything and other times people can be convinced under … Read more
The Contribution of Auguste Comte to Sociology – Theological, Metaphysical and Scientific stage Auguste Comte was a French philosopher born on 19th January 1798 and died on 5th September 1857. His birthplace was Montpellier, France. He is known as “the father of ‘Sociology” as he was the first one to realize the importance of relating sociology with … Read more
Subject matter: Anything that comes in society and performs certain functions becomes a part of Society. Sociology plays an important role to understand society and human behaviour. It tries to answer all the questions that human will certainly question themselves at some point in their lives. How did society emerge? How has it changed since … Read more
It is clearly evident that many communities practice different religion and customs stay together in one country. Acculturation is a basic process in which people of different cultures meet people of different cultures. In the process of meeting them, they tend to know each other’s norms, beliefs, customs, values, and behavior. It can be understood … Read more
