Category: Branches of sociology

  • Towards Understanding Disability – Sociology and Models of Impairment

    Understanding and conceptualizing disability and impairment is crucial to the modern pursuit of social justice and therefore, is essential to academic study and sociology in general. The social sciences hold tremendous potential for bringing about true inclusion and total diversity to the world at large; however, this potential has not historically been fully realized, particularly…

  • Sociology of Disability – What you need to know

    This article provides an overview of how the study of disability came to be including the ever-evolving field of Sociology of Disability in the United States. It explains the two main perspectives of disability and delves deeper into more nuanced paradigms. Finally, this article takes a closer look at disability rights movements that are relevant…

  • What is Sociology of Cryptocurrency? All you need to know

    This article briefly draws on the history of cryptocurrency, tries to define the sociology of cryptocurrency and analyses how various sociological theories have been used to understand the global phenomenon of cryptocurrency use and its impact on the world. Money’s origins are difficult to ascertain, for they have been shrouded in mystery. Some scholars think…

  • Sociological Analysis of Time: Explained With Examples

    The ticking of the clock is typically used to conceptualize time. But is the clock’s hand tied to the time, or is it the other way around? Well, put your thinking caps on because we’re going to use sociology to grasp the concept of time! For a layman’s understanding, time can be defined as a…

  • What is Sociology? Definition, Evolution, Examples: Essay

    Sociology is rich in scope, and it analyzes the significance of various social institutions in an individual’s life. This essay highlights the evolution of the discipline and, with the help of examples related to day-to-day life, further explains its implications. The essay also expounds on the contributions made to society by sociology. Additionally, it explores…

  • Sociology of Pets: Understanding the Animal Relations

    SOCIOLOGY OF PETS: VIEWS OF EARLY SOCIOLOGIST THEORISTS ON PETS Clifton D. Bryant stated that our society is not composed of humans alone and other animals are present in our lives. He argued that because human communities are infused with other animals, sociology could benefit greatly from investigating this observable fact. Humans eat the flesh…

  • Jeffrey Alexander and Cultural Sociology

    Imagining and Re-imagining the Social: A response to the Cultural Sociology of Jeffrey Alexander Jeffrey Alexander is an American sociologist who is perhaps most widely acknowledged in his response to Parsonian Structural-Functionalism and pioneering the sub-discipline of Cultural Sociology. Alexander’s theorizing was crucial to the reshaping of American Sociological Thought which was dominated by Parsonian…