Author: Sociology Group

  • What feeds humanity is the scientific rationale and scientific discoveries!

    Nostalgia is good at times, for it injects motivation and inspiration into the routine and moribund way of life. It gives an assurance that things will be fine and presents us with a set of case studies and memories when things went badly wrong but yet saw the light at the end. However, taking excessive…

  • Should children be allowed to use the internet ?

    Nowadays getting internet access becomes very easier. Anyone can access this from an urban area to a remote village in the hill. Modernization facilitates this service all over the world for everyone. Though to some extent it can be called blessing it also brings some problems too. Using unguarded internet sometimes bring about trouble, for…

  • Primogeniture – Meaning and Explanation

    This term commonly refers to a firstborn son or sometimes the firstborn daughter’s right by law which is paternally recognized to inherit his parent’s entire wealth or many times the real estate. In addition to that, it is commonly seen that sons take over before daughters. The other laws say that when they are no…

  • Proletariat – Meaning and Explanation

    The term proletariat refers to those people who are wage-earners in a capitalist society and their sole possession is their ability to work. An individual belonging to this class is often referred to as proletarian. As per the Marxism theory, if the dictatorship of the proletariat prevails which is for the proletariat, by the proletariat…

  • Wage Labour and Capital (Works of Karl Marx 1847) Summary

    Capitalism was the primary focus of Karl Marx’s thesis. His critique on political economy was done in instalments. Our society is under the dominion of capitalist production in which large chunk of the population of working-class have to work for the owners or the capitalist, who are the owners of means of production that is…

  • What is Propinquity Effect in Social Psychology

    Did you ever experience a strange connection with someone whom you meet often and find them attractive? And sometimes you may not be able to define that relationship. Such physical proximity or an interpersonal attraction is known as “Propinquity”. It can be a physical or mental proximity among people. People with similar ideologies, attitudes, and…

  • Malfunctioning of Some Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) in India

    This article discusses the relation that exists between NGOs and various social issues including poverty, illiteracy, environment, etc. Also this article talks about the malfunctioning of NGOS and various scams over them. What made me choose this topic is the increasing number of cases against NGOs and continuous degradation of their status and work. Non-…