Author: Sociology Group

  • are you a conformist ?

    Generally, a person who is confined to a particular behaviour or practices is said to be a “Conformist.” A conformist behaves or thinks like the other people in a group and doesn’t do anything unusual. People often are confined for a desire for security within a group of similar age, culture, religion or educational status.…

  • What is Capitalist Class and Examples

    The group of people who own the means of production and employ workers are said to be the ‘capitalist class.’ They have an upper hand in the working society as they tend to derive the work from the workers and labourers and keep the profits. The workers sell their ability and hard work to earn…

  • What is Charismatic Authority and Examples

    The Charismatic authority is an authority based on the special personal qualities claimed by and for an individual in order to make the person attractive so that he could influence a large number of people. Originally, it is used in a religious context but now-a-days it is used in all spheres. It is also referred…

  • 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…