Category: Defining Society

There are three ways to act and interact: The first type of action is obviously a non-social action. The second path, of conflict, is not only wasteful, but also precarious, and a threat to community living. It is the third option that makes for living together. Any group, including society, is able to survive by…

If one were to ask anyone about the subject matter of Sociology, the most likely response would be that it is the study of society. The more sophisticated respondents may further generalize and say that it studies the ‘social’ or the ‘social sphere’, or the Sociosphere, contrasting it with the Biosphere or the Atmosphere.1 However, not many people are clear as…