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    SCOPE OF SOCIOLOGY

    There is no one opinion about the scope of sociology. Calberten describes, since
    sociology is an elastic science it is difficult to determine just where its
    boundaries begin and ends. It is impossible to divide as it studies human
    interactions, interrelations, their conditions and consequences.
    There are two main schools of thoughts: One group of sociologists headed
    by Simmel formulated specialistic or Formalistic School. They thought that it
    is pure science and systematic one. It is independent science.

    I. SPECIALISTIC/FORMALISTIC SCHOOL

    SIMMEL'S VIEW

    It classifies, analyses and delimits the forms of social relationships.

    SMALL'S VIEW

    It does not understand to study all the actions of society. It studies genetic
    forms of social relationship behaviour and activities.

    VERKENDENT'S VIEW

    It is a specialised branch of knowledge concerned with ultimate forms of


    psychic relationship, which link men to men in the society.

    MAXWEBER'S VIEW

    It studies interpretation and understanding of behaviour and it is concerned


    with analysis and classification and types of social relationship.

    VONWIESE'S VIEW
    The sociology studies all forms of social relationship.

    TONNIE'S VIEW

    He has differentiated the society and the community on the basis of forms of
    social relationship.

    CRITICISM

     It has narrowed the scope of sociology


     The construction of pure sociology is impractical
     Sociology alone does not study social relationship

    II SYNTHETIC SCHOOL

    DURKEM'S VIEW

    Sociology was divided into 3 branches.

    SOCIAL MORPHOLOGY

    Concerned with geographical basis of the life, its relationship to types of social
    organisation and the problems of population.

    SOCIAL PHYSIOLOGY

    It is divided into number of branches like sociology of religion, sociology of


    morals. Sociology of laws, sociology of economic life, sociology of language etc.

    GENERAL SOCIOLOGY

    It discovers the social facts.


    HOBHOUSE'S VIEW

    The interconnections of social relations and the results; social life as a whole
    will be studied.

    KARL MANNHEIM'S VIEW

    Sociology is divided into systematic and general sociology. It describes how the
    individual will react social changes in a given society.

    GINSBERG'S VIEW

    It studies the types and forms of social relationship. It determines the relation
    between different factors of social life, social change, persistence and to
    discover sociological principles governing social life.
    Thus the scope of sociology is very wide. It studies the various aspects of
    society, e.g: Social processes, traditions, morphology, social control and social
    pathology.

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