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Category: Basic Concepts

  • Tribes and Adivasi – Characteristics, Cultures, Societies

    Tribes,  Adivasi, Characteristics, Cultures, Societies The word ‘tribe’ takes its origination from the old French tribe, referring Roman Ancient States (Ramnes, Tities, Luceres). Historically Tribes have existed as social groups comprising of distinct people dependent on their regional land for their livelihood and their self-sufficiency makes them partially independent of being integrated into the national…

  • 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…

  • Explanation on Gender identity

    Gender identity: Studying about how gender interacts with other social forces in society and how it relates to social structure overall is very important to understand society. We know social interaction is what helps maintain a social structure. We can consider ‘status’ as one of the important structure as it determines how a particular person…

  • The Relationship Between Liberty and Equality: Explained

    To Liberate one is to Liberate all Before diving into my thoughts of the two very dynamic ideas ( liberty and equality), I had a question if it’s possible at all for human consciousness to pen down the relationship of liberty and equality in a way that fits the understanding of all? These concepts are…

  • Essay on Misogynistic Beliefs and Misogyny

    In 1947, after fighting and prolonged struggling against cruel Britishers India got freedom. Many fighters sacrificed their lives for the freedom of the India, not only from the colonial rule but also to set free Indians from the handcuffs of social orthodox. No offense to say that, India’s pace towards the development in the field…

  • 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…

  • Generalization, Stereotypes and Common Sense: Explained

    What is Generalization? Max Weber stated that “Verstehen” (German word for “understanding”) was instrumental in understanding Interpretive Sociology. Sociologists don’t observe a phenomenon but they tend to question it and find out the reason behind its occurrence. In order to understand society at the macro level, one needs to understand the self and interpret human…