Abstruct and Acknowledgements

This assignment is a study on different definitions of ‘Sociology’.

The session 3 of HUM-2101 cource showed us different
definitions of sociology from different points of view. In this
assignment, some new definitions of sociology has been brought
into light. These definitions are collected from different scholars
from abroad and all of them has significance of their own.

Also, The relations and coordinations among these definitions

have been shown. Explanation of every definition has been stated
followed by the definitions.

Here is 5 definitions of ‘Sociology’ stated with explanation from

the following page.
Merriam Webster Say,
Sociology is the science of society, social institutions, and social
relationships. Specifically : the systematic study of the development,
structure, interaction, and collective behavior of organized groups of
human beings.
Explanation:This definition particularly emphasize on the study of
collection of people instead of individuals. The exposition of this definition is
the various aspects that grows, develops and occurs in a group of people.

Dictionary.com says,
Sociology is the science or study of the origin, development, organization,
and functioning of human society; the science of the fundamental laws of
social relations, institutions, etc.
Explanation: This definition defies sociology in a much more broader
sence than the previous one. Society is a never ending process and this
definition in putting light over this flow of process. It is addressing sociology
as a ‘science’, associating this branch as a systematic field of study.

They also say,

Sociology is the scientific analysis of a social institution as a functioning
whole and as it relates to the rest of society.
Explanation: This appellative says a lot about modern study style of
sociology. Sociology analyzes the whole society in a scientific way. The
parts of society ineract with each other. This interaction is closely studied
and analyzed in sociology in a scientific and systematic approach.

Britannica say,
Sociology is a social science that studies human societies, their
interactions, and the processes that preserve and change them.
Explanation: This connotation excludes sociology from physical science
and includes in social science which points the study at its direction. The
society and human interaction is also said here but a subtle phenomena is
also specified. That is, sociology works with the change of the society.
Also, sociology observes the process in which society and its elements
preserve itselves. It is important, because the society founded with this very
goal to preserve, protect and thrive.

American Sociological Association say,

Sociology is the study of our behavior as social beings, covering everything
from the analysis of short contacts between anonymous individuals on the
street to the study of global social processes. Also, sociology is the
scientific study of social aggregations, the entities through which humans
move throughout their lives’.
Explanation: This definition is the most satisfying of all of the above
definitions. This one includes individuals, society elements, humans,
human organizations, social institutions, physical and abstract bodies of a
society. This explanation or definition actually focusing the main process
sociologists go through in their studies. Sociologists conduct research on
the relations among the different entities of a society not only as an
organisational body but also as individual human. Each and every human
goes through the social bodies throughout his/her whole life and the effect
on his/her life is the goal of sociology but the concentration is not only the
individuals but also the groups.
 Conclusion

Sociology is an abstruct branch of science. Unlike physical

science, it cannot be defined, bordered and pin-poinned. For this
reason, stating the definition is much harder than discussing
about it. Almost all sociologists have their own definitions. Some
of the modern definitions have been discussed above to have a
crystal clear conception on ‘Sociology’.

Reference

1. www.merriam-webster.com
2. www.asanet.org
3. www.britannica.com
4. www.dictionary.com