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Forum: Sociology Friday, November 18, 2005
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Comparing Comte and Ibn Khaldun

this comparison havent asked in any CSS papers yet but can be asked !!!



A basic aspect of the methodological approach of Comte and Ibn Khaldun is their discussion of the nature of truth. In...
Forum: Sociology Friday, November 18, 2005
Replies: 3
Views: 43,448
Posted By Somayya
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Ibn Khaldun is universally recognized as the founder and father of Sociology and Sciences of History. He is best known for his famous 'Muqaddimah,' (Prolegomena). Abd al-Rahman Ibn Mohammad,...
Forum: Sociology Friday, November 18, 2005
Replies: 3
Views: 43,448
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The Real Father of Sociology ....Ibn Khaldun

Ibn Khaldun was a renaissance man, the real father of sociology. He defined the foundations of sociology more than 4 centuries before Auguste Comte “discovered” them. Ibn Khaldun lived in an era when...
Forum: Sociology Friday, November 18, 2005
Replies: 2
Views: 2,851
Posted By Somayya
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Counterpart of Gemeinschaft

Family life is the general basis of life in the Gemeinschaft. It subsists in village and town life. The village community and the town themselves can be considered as...
Forum: Sociology Friday, November 18, 2005
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Views: 2,851
Posted By Somayya
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The People (Volkstum) and the State (Staatstum)

In the same way as the individual natural will evolves into pure thinking and rational will, which tends to dissolve and subjugate its...
Forum: Sociology Friday, November 18, 2005
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Views: 2,851
Posted By Somayya
Sociology of Ferinand Tonnies

On Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft

The German sociologist Ferdinand Tonnies (1855-1936) was a major contributor to theory and field studies in sociology. He is best remembered for his distinction...
Forum: Sociology Saturday, November 12, 2005
Replies: 11
Views: 33,703
Posted By Somayya
V, W & Z

V

VALUES. Culturally defined standards held by human individuals or groups about what is desirable, proper, beautiful, and good or bad that serve as broad guidelines for social life.

VARIABLE....
Forum: Sociology Saturday, November 12, 2005
Replies: 11
Views: 33,703
Posted By Somayya
T & U

T

TABOO. A socio-cultural prohibition on some act, person, place, animal, or plant.

TECHNOLOGY. The application of logic, reason and knowledge to the problems of exploiting raw materials from...
Forum: Sociology Saturday, November 12, 2005
Replies: 11
Views: 33,703
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S

S

SACRED. Something set apart from the everyday world which inspires attitudes of awe or reverence among believers.

SAMPLING. Taking a small representative part of a population for purposes...
Forum: Sociology Saturday, November 12, 2005
Replies: 11
Views: 33,703
Posted By Somayya
R

R

RACE. A socially defined category of people who share genetically transmitted physical characteristics.

RACISM. The attributing of characteristics of inferiority to a particular racial...
Forum: Sociology Saturday, November 12, 2005
Replies: 11
Views: 33,703
Posted By Somayya
N, O & P

N

NATIONALISM. An individual's internalization of the set of beliefs and values expressing love, pride and identification with a given nation state. Ritual and symbols are important tools in...
Forum: Sociology Saturday, November 12, 2005
Replies: 11
Views: 33,703
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M

M

MACROSOCIOLOGY. The study of large-scale organizations, socio-cultural systems, or the world system of societies.

MAGIC. Rituals which attempt to influence supernatural beings to help...
Forum: Sociology Saturday, November 12, 2005
Replies: 11
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L

L

LABELING THEORY. A social theory that holds that society's reaction to certain behaviors is a major factor in defining the self as deviant. People become `deviant' because certain labels like...
Forum: Sociology Saturday, November 12, 2005
Replies: 11
Views: 33,703
Posted By Somayya
I & K

I

IDEAL TYPE. Weber's construct of a 'pure type', constructed by emphasizing logical or consistent traits of a given social item. The traits are defining ones, not necessarily desirable ones....
Forum: Sociology Saturday, November 12, 2005
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F, G and H

F

FAMILY. A group of individuals related to one another by blood ties, marriage or adoption. Members of families form an economic unit, the adult members of which are responsible for the...
Forum: Sociology Saturday, November 12, 2005
Replies: 11
Views: 33,703
Posted By Somayya
D & E

D

DEFENSIVE MEDICINE. The use of widespread medical tests on the part of physicians in order to avoid possible malpractice suits.

DEFORESTATION. The removal of all trees from an area.
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Forum: Sociology Saturday, November 12, 2005
Replies: 11
Views: 33,703
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B & C

B

BALANCE OF POWER. The theory that military conflict can be avoided if both sides have roughly equivalent military power.

BUREAUCRACY. A formal organization marked by a clear hierarchy of...
Forum: Sociology Saturday, November 12, 2005
Replies: 11
Views: 33,703
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Glossary of Sociological Terms

A

ABSOLUTE POVERTY. Poverty as defined in terms of the minimal requirements necessary to afford minimal standards of food, clothing, health care and shelter.

ACHIEVED STATUS. A position...
Forum: Sociology Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Replies: 1
Views: 6,817
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His legacy

One universal law that Comte saw at work in all sciences he called the 'law of three phases'. It is by his statement of this law that he is best known in the English-speaking world; namely, that...
Forum: Sociology Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Replies: 1
Views: 6,817
Posted By Somayya
Sociology of Auguste Comte

Auguste Comte (1798-1857) is best known today as the father of French positivist thought. Positivism may be described as either a philosophical system or as a philosophy of history. As a philosophy...
Forum: Sociology Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Replies: 4
Views: 8,365
Posted By Somayya
this is in a table format, u can find the talbe...

this is in a table format, u can find the talbe attatched as doc format


The Contrast Between Militant and Industrial Societies

Characteristic

Militant Society

Industrial Society
Forum: Sociology Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Replies: 4
Views: 8,365
Posted By Somayya
Nonintervention and the Survival of the Fittest ...

Nonintervention and the Survival of the Fittest

Spencer was at one with Comte in firmly believing in the operation of social laws, which are as deterministic as those governing nature. "There is...
Forum: Sociology Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Replies: 4
Views: 8,365
Posted By Somayya
Functionalism We have considered Spencer's...

Functionalism

We have considered Spencer's emphasis that changes in structure cannot occur without changes in functions and that increases in size of social units necessarily bring in their wake...
Forum: Sociology Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Replies: 4
Views: 8,365
Posted By Somayya
Social Types: Militant and Industrial Societies ...

Social Types: Militant and Industrial Societies

When attempting to classify types of societies in terms of their evolutionary stage, Spencer arranged them in a series as simple, compound, doubly...
Forum: Sociology Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Replies: 4
Views: 8,365
Posted By Somayya
Sociology of Herbert Spencer

Herbert Spencer was a theorist whose valuable insights have often been drowned in a sea of irrelevance and specious reasoning. What is relevant in his work will therefore have to be selected in a...
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