INDIAN SOCIETY: Social Change and Reforms and Differences

‘The #metoo movement, the POSCO act brought in by the government, the rising tendencies of populist leaders around the world, The Independence of India, The French Revolution- are all social changes. These changes can carry values which are either binomial in nature (good or bad) or a mix of these values. Thus, we try to … Read more

DU MA Sociology Entrance Exam Guide: Books, Questions Papers

Delhi School of Economics ( DSE) MA Sociology Entrance Exam – Tips, Tricks and Strategy Delhi University(DU) is one of the most sought after Central Universities of the country. Every year, the University receives thousands of application forms from the students all over the country to get enrolled into various departments of the University. To … Read more

Sociological Interview : The process of interview (methodology) and Types

The primary purpose of sociological research is to investigate and provide insights into how human society functions. Sociologists use empirical evidence and theoretical foundation providing an interpretive perspective and combine it using the scientific method to present proper results of the research. A Sociologist begins by asking questions about human behavior and Society. An in-depth … Read more

Karl Polanyi: Biography, Contributions, The Great Transformation

Karl Polanyi was born on October 25, 1886, in the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Vienna. He founded the Galileo circle at the University of Budapest and actively participated along with a group of intellectuals to emancipate the potential of Social Science which had an immense impact on the Hungarian intellectual life. In 1908, Polanyi … Read more

C. Wright Mills: Biography, Contributions, Conflict Theory

Charles Wright Mills was an American sociologist and a professor of sociology at the Columbia University; he was born in 1916 and died in 1962, living a life of 46 years. Mills was a known figure in the popular and intellectual journals; he wrote several books which highlighted several the relationships among the American elite … Read more

Claude Levi Strauss: Biography, Theory & Structuralism

In this article, we would look into the life and contribution of Claude Levi-Strauss in the field of Anthropology and Philosophy. Along with Franz Boas and James G. Frazer, he is considered to be the ‘Father of modern Anthropology’. He is accredited for changing the perception of the Western world about culture and civilization. To … Read more

List of Sociological thinkers and their theories and Biographies

These are world sociological thinkers and their theories with biographies ( we keep adding more social thinkers  ) Irawati Karve Biography and Works Govind Sadashiv Ghurye Biography and Contributions R.K Merton Bio, theories, Contributions & Everything M.N.Srinivas Biography and Contribution to Indian Sociology Bronislaw Malinowski biography and Contributions Yogendra Singh Biography and his Contribution to … Read more