Author: Sociology Group

  • Elementary forms of Religious Life by Durkheim

    Elementary forms of religious life: The general meaning of the term religion is understood as the belief, faith, rituals and traditions followed by an individual or individuals pertaining to a group or community. In the present modern society, there are many major religions working along with the complexities of social structures that define and project…

  • Sanskritization Concept: Meaning & Overview

    It is the truth that all men are not equal. Inequalities occur due to the society, their perception, and prejudices. However, due to broad and intellect ability of people, it was found inequality is a crucial issue which separates each individual into a different category. Thus the study of Sanskritization took place. The study of Sanskritization…

  • Types of Social Roles: Meaning and Examples

    Types of Social Roles: Meaning and Examples

    Man is a social animal. Human beings interact with each other in their day-to-day lives and the lives of different people in the society are entangled with each other, in one way or the other. In the society, each of us is related to others through relations, either personal or public. The subject of sociology…

  • Terms Related to Religion: One liner Meaning

    Terms Related to Religion: One liner Meaning

    Religion: Having Beliefs, Practices, and values on supernatural or in God, There are many religions in our world, in sociology, there is a separate branch to study religion, Durkheim explained elementary forms of religions and in India, M.N.Srinivas done fieldwork in south India Religious Belief: It refers to attitudes towards mythological, supernatural, or spiritual aspects…

  • What is Reliability? Temporal and Comparative Reliability

    In Research, we used to study different aspects so we need consistency, accuracy and precision results in the study, it is called Reliability, When we did measure or test repeatedly for measurement and it gives the same results, then it is called reliable. Reliability has two principal forms: 1.Temporal Reliability: It shows the same results when…

  • Churchill, Sukarno, Nikita Khrushchev, Jawaharlal Nehru, Mao-ts-tung

    Churchill, Sukarno, Nikita Khrushchev, Jawaharlal Nehru, Mao-ts-tung

    Great Personalities of the world 1.Winston Churchill(1874-1965) British statesman, Author, Historian, son of Randolph Churchill and descendant of the great Duke of Marlborough. In early life, Churchill served the Army in India and as a newspaper correspondent as a conservative in 1900 but changed his allegiance in 1905 and held various posts in liberal governments. On…

  • Short Notes on Jajmani System

    A very important feature of traditional village life in India is the jajmani system. The Term jajman refers to the patron or recipient of specialized services and the term jajamani refers to the whole relationship. The jajmani system is a system of economic, social and rituals linked with among different caste groups in a village.…