Short Introduction of Sociology by Azam Shah

Word Origin:

                                          
The word Sociology is derived from a Greek word "Socius" and a Latin word "Logus", its etymological meaning is "Science of Society".

Brief History of Sociology:

Back in 374 B.C, Aristotle used a word "social animal" and by then sociology came into being. Although there are two founders of Sociology one is real founder and the other one is modern founder. The real founder of Sociology is Ibn Al-Khaldun while the modern founder of sociology is August Comte.

Al-Khaldun & August Comte the founders of Sociology:

Al-Khaldun was a Muslim sociologist. He was an arabic and the one who started sociology. He used an arabic word "Al-Asabyat" which means "unity". Al-Khaldun wrote a book of Sociology in arabic language which was not easy to understand. Later on another sociologist came who's name was August Comte. He was a french sociologist who used two words "Socius" and "Logus".

"Socius" is a Greek word which means; human association and human companionship. While "Logus" is a Latin word which means; science or study.
Later on many other sociologists came who translated sociology in their own way yet the meaning is same. 
For example: Emile Durkheim translated sociology as "The study of social facts through social institutions" is called Sociology.

Short Definition:

Sociology means the Science of Society and the study of society includes the social relationship and human interactions, like the relationship in between human being and their social environment is called Sociology.
It also means the social relationship and social phenomena.

From birth till the death whatever we do is Sociology.

Pillars of Sociology:

1- Family Institution
2- Educational Institution
3- Economic Institution
4- Religious Institution
5- Political Institution
6- Recreational Institution

We will discuss all these pillars in detail but let me now give you some highlights.

Family Institution:

Family Institution in sociology deals with catagories of family and there are round about 25 catagories of families in Sociology also there are 42 approved types of marriages. We will discuss all the catagories further, first just know the fundamentals only.

Educational Institution:

School, college, University, and seminary comes in Educational Institution of Sociology.

Economic Institution:

Like, university is educational institute for the students because they learn and they seek knowledge there. But that institute is economic institution for the employees because they work and earn money there. Will discuss in detail further.

Religious Institution

There are more than 40,000 religions in the world and in the term of Sociology it is known as religious institution. We will discuss this in details further.

Political Institution:

All the political parties are called Political Institution in the term of Sociology.

Recreational Institution:

Whatever we do for our refreshment is known as recreational institution. Like, for a cricketer it is routine to play cricket but if I play so definitely it's a refreshment for me. We will discuss it in details further.





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