Principles of Sociology

Principles of Sociology

Hirschman’s Principles of Sociology

·  Things are real because they are socially constructed.

·  Society is not just the aggregation of discrete, pre-existing individuals. That is, the individual is not ontologically prior to the social.

·  The ideas we hold about the world change the world.

·  The language we use to describe the world changes the world.

·  Society cannot be understood by looking at individuals separately from their interconnections and their environments (both social and physical).

·  The economy is not separate from the political or social world.

Nature of Sociology

·  It is the science of society and studies organized in an organized society.

·  It is a general science with all kind of social relationship.

·  It is an analytical science.

·  In sociologist point of view, man is a social animal.

·  It has wider scope.

It studies both conscious and unconscious activities of human being.