Main Perspectives of Sociology

Sociology is a social science. It is the study of the social lives of people, groups, and societies, sometimes defined as the study of social interactions. It evolved in the early 19th century. It concerns itself with the social rules and processes that connect and separate people not only as individuals, but as members of associations, groups, and institutions. Sociology is interested in our behaviour as social beings, therefore the sociological field of interest ranges from the analysis of short contacts between anonymous individuals on the street to the study of global social processes.…