Tag: UPPSC Sociology Notes

Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism: Max Weber’s Theory of Religion Prior to Max Weber, Karl Marx had said that religion is a part of the superstructure of society. Hence, it is always influenced by the economic base. Marx also Read more

Dumont believes that Jajmani System makes use of hereditary personal relationships to express the division of labour.

Gabriel Almond classified pressure groups into four different types:-Associational, Non-Associational. Institutional, and Anomic.

Non-positivist methodologies in Sociology-Hermeneutics/Verstehen, Symbolic interactionism, Phenomenology, Ethnomethodology

Poverty Theories in Sociology: Sociological Perspective of Poverty, Factors Responsible for Poverty: Cultural Poverty, Functional Perspective

Nature of Sociology: Independent, Normative, Pure, Abstract, Generalizing, Empirical and Rational

Definition of Sociology: Emile Durkheim: Sociology is the Science of Social Institutions. Kingsley Davis: General Science of Society.

George Herbert Mead: American Sociologist, contributed in Symbolic Interactionism (Development of Self ). Self: 2 components- “I” and “Me”.

Power and Authority: Power is realizing one’s own will by overcoming resistance from others. When power is legitimate, it becomes Authority.

Verstehen is one of the most important Methodologies propounded by Max Weber in sociology. He borrowed the term “Verstehen” from Hermeneutics.