Category: Sociology Dictionary

  • Sociology of Religion: Short Notes on Witchcraft

    The history of the existence of witchcraft is far extending. It was there in different cultures, present, past, and in ancient as well as modern and advanced cultures. Due to its variation across different cultures and societies, it is hard to define it precisely. It is often thought of as the practice of using spiritual…

  • What is Upward Mobility: Meaning, Types and Examples

    Our society is often divided into various social strata. Upward mobility refers to the movement of individuals, families, or any other categories of people from one social level or stratum to a higher one. Due to this movement, the social status of people involved in the movement, improve along with the change in their social…

  • What is positivism in sociology?

    Positivism is a philosophical theory of studying the society developed by French Philosopher Auguste Comte in the 19th century. The term positivism is derived from the French word Positivisme that is again derived from the term positif that means ‘imposed on the mind by experience’.  Influenced by early enlightenment and rationalism, positivism can be understood…

  • Diagnostic framing and Prognostic framing

    Framing has come up to be an important notion in the area of social movements and how they garnish support for their cause. It is the summation of the creation and arrangement of grievances by the social movement adherents for which the social movement is working. This framing can be divided into diagnostic framing and…

  • Short notes on Pastoral Society

    Pastoral society is a kind of society comprising of pastoralists where their main source of livelihood comes from herding and domesticating animals into herds. The flocks of domestic animals not only provide them with subsistence. The term ‘pastoral’ is derived from the Latin word ‘pastor’ which means shepherd. With herding being the major occupation, they…

  • Karl Marx’s Commodity fetishism – Explained with Example

    Karl Marx is one of the most influential social thinkers of the 19th century and he is known as the architect of socialism and the champion of communism. Commodity Fetishism in Marx’s application of his analysis of the relationship between a commodity and society as a whole. Fetish was popularly used in the good old…

  • Short Notes on Mechanical and Organic Solidarity

    The concept of organic solidarity was developed by Emile Durkheim along with the concept of mechanical solidarity. He developed these concepts of solidarity while giving the theory of the division of labour in society. He believed that these types of solidarities are in correlation with the types of societies; be it mechanical or organic. The…