List of basic sociology topics
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Sociology is the study of society and human social interaction. Sociological research ranges from the analysis of short contacts between anonymous individuals on the street to the study of global social processes. The field focuses on how and why people are organized in society, either as individuals or as members of associations, groups, and institutions. Someone working in the field of sociology is called a sociologist. As an academic discipline, sociology is considered a social science. Basic topics in sociology include:
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[edit] Nature of sociology
- Main article: Sociology
Basic aspects of sociology:
[edit] History of sociology
- Main article: History of sociology
[edit] Sociological theory
Some of the paradigms used in sociology are:
- Conflict theory
- Marxism
- Phenomenology (the social phenomenology of Alfred Schütz incluenced the development of the social constructionism of Berger and Luckmann and influenced Ethnomethodology)
- Postmodernism
- Structural functionalism
- Symbolic interactionism
- Systems theory
[edit] Basic sociology concepts
Alienation -- Bureaucracy -- Culture -- Community -- Discrimination -- Division of labour -- Exploitation --
Globalization -- Group (sociology) -- Identity (social science) -- Ideology -- Industrialization -- Institution -- Interpersonal relationship --
Paradigm -- Political economy -- Popular culture -- Power (sociology) -- Power-knowledge -- Racism -- Rationalization (sociology) --
Sexism -- Social action -- Social capital -- Social change -- Social class -- Social construction -- Social control -- Social movement -- Social network -- Social order -- Social organisation -- Social solidarity -- Social status -- Social stratification -- Social structure -- Socialization -- Society -- Structure and agency --
[edit] Sociological scholars
These scholars greatly influenced the founding of sociology:
