Sociology

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 […]

What is Ethnocentrism? Ethnocentrism (the opposite of xenocentrism) is a belief that one’s own culture including all its elements is superior to the other culture(s). This […]

Egalitarian Society An egalitarian society is a society where all individuals are born equal. Basically, this society is based on a political philosophy, known as […]