Sociology

Scapegoat theory is all about blaming others for one’s own faults. Making someone scapegoat means blaming him for one’s own failures and problems. In order […]

What is Looking Glass Self Theory? An American sociologist Charles Horton Cooley gave the concept of Looking Glass Self in Human Nature and the  Social […]

What is Pastoral Society? Pastoral society is the one that relies on the domestication of animals into herds as a major source of support. Basically, […]

What is Value Neutrality? German sociologist and philosopher Max Weber (1864 – 1920) has given the concept of Value Neutrality during Sociological Research. In simple […]

Manifest Function and Latent Function are two sociological concepts given by Robert King Merton in his book ‘Social Theory and Social Structure’ published in 1949. […]

Difference between Ideal and Real Culture An Ideal Culture is the high standards, ethics, and values that society considers supreme and aspires to adopt or […]

What is an Agrarian Society? An agrarian society focuses its mode of production primarily on agriculture and the cultivation of large fields. Throughout history, societies […]

What is Cultural Pluralism? Cultural pluralism is a sociological term that means the existence of multiple small cultures side by side a dominant culture in […]

Ascribed status and achieved status are two sociological terms that were coined by Ralph Linton in The Study of Man: An Introduction (1936). These two […]

What is Xenocentrism? Xenocentrism (the opposite of ethnocentrism) is a sociological concept that means love, liking, or preference for another culture. In other words, considering […]