Author: Sociology Group

  • How do illusions work?

    Ever tricked into watching an object or a picture and suddenly noticed that the perception of the object is changed. Well, that’s what an illusion is. It is simply, the process of misleading our brains while messing up with the perspective of objects. So let’s know how an illusion is created and how it works.…

  • What are the Basis, Composing Elements and Aims of Society

    Society is composed of a group of people, of those having common interest. Generations of society spent decades together; they do not get separated, unless and until they are subjected to any condition which cannot be solved, by being remained as, members of one society. Society forms norms and condition for itself and hence it…

  • Religion and Society in India – Religious Communities: Overview

    Religious Communities in India: India is regarded as the largest democracy on planet Earth; the pillars of democracy are built on the strong and diverse shoulders of its countrymen. The Indian subcontinent is the birthplace of four major religions of the world, namely Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. India is home to these four religions…

  • Resocialization: Meaning, Examples and Overview

    Resocialization: This refers to the process whereby an individual or a group, are brought in contact with a new culture, which requires them to leave behind their old identity and take up a new one. During this process, they are required to learn the norms, values, and ways of life into the new environment or…

  • Ideology: Meaning, Types, Right, Left and Centrist Examples

    What is ideology? Ideology can be defined as a set of ideas and practices which is conceived to bring about social-political, economic, or cultural changes in the ways of perception along with implementing certain changes that entail it. The term ideology was coined by Antoine Destutt de Tracy, is French philosopher, he coined this term…

  • Farmers’ Suicides in India – Reasons and Solutions

    Farmers’ Suicides in India: India is classified as an agrarian country, which means that around 70% of the people residing in the nation are directly or indirectly dependent on agriculture for their survival. Most of the country’s rural areas support a very self-employed approach towards their livelihood; this essentially means that the Indian rural sector…

  • what is fact-value distinction? Explained with Examples

    The fact-value distinction is literally as the term suggests, an attempt to distinguish between a fact and a value. We must understand what facts are and what values are. Facts are anything that renders a proposition to be either true or false, be it a statement about an object, e.g. a car is a mode…