Category: Basic Concepts
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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….
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Max Weber – Methodology, Social Action, Ideal Types
MAX WEBER: THE THEORY OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ORGANISATION The fundamental concepts of sociology: A concept can be different from reality. It can formulate with what exactly is empirical sociology. DEFINITIONS OF SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ACTION Sociology is defined as a science which gives us the interpretive understanding of social action in order to…