01718nam a22001337a 4500020001800000082002100018100002500039245007300064250002400137260003400161300002500195520134800220650001601568  a9781032417837  a 301.2 23bMOH-I  aMohan,Brij.eauthor.  aIntroduction To Sociology:bConcepts and Theories /c by Brij Mohan.  aSouth Asia Edition.  aNew York:bRoutledge,cc2022.  axiv,388p.bill:maps,  aThis textbook explores the emergence of sociology as a distinct social science. Focusing on the evolution of social theories, movements and ideas through history, it analyses the dynamic relationship between the individual and the larger social forces around them.

This volume examines the definitive aspects of societies, communities and social groups, and their intersections with culture, political and economic movements and religious institutions. It establishes the connections between sociology and other disciplines such as philosophy, history, political science, economics, psychology and anthropology to explore the interdependence between different realms of social life. The chapters in this book explain and highlight the significance of quantitative and qualitative methods of research in understanding the dynamics of social life. Drawing from the works of classical social theorists such as Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim and Max Weber, this book traces the development of sociological perspectives and theories and their relevance in the history of ideas.

Lucid and comprehensive, this textbook will be useful for undergraduate and postgraduate students of sociology, development studies, history of ideas, sociological thought, social theory, research methods, political science and anthropology.  a Sociology.