1. What is Sociology?
1) Definition of Sociology
Sociology is a part of social science that conducts experiential research and critical analysis systematically about the structure and activities of human society. It is used to establishment of government policies and general welfare policies. Sociology's range of application is so wide that it relates many other social processes.
Its traditional focuses cover social relations, social stratification, social interaction, culture and deviance. Its approaches have included both qualitative and quantitative research techniques. Sociology has gradually expanded its focus to other social activities. The range of social scientific methods has also been broadly expanded.
The social world has changed for a long time. And then, society has also changed accordingly. So, There were a lot of significant changes all over the world. This is the driving force of Sociology. Therefore, Sociology is a trial to understand the social world by situating social events in their corresponding environment and trying to understand social phenomena by collecting and analyzing empirical data.
2) History
Sociology is originated from the Latin term 'socius' and the Greek term 'logia'. It means respectively 'companion, associate' and 'study of speech'. In 1838, Auguste Comte remade this term. He believed Sociology can change the society and human activities. And he wants to unify all of sciences under the Sociology.
Comte insisted society be changed by the law of stages for understanding of society. The stages were made up of 3 stages. The first was the theological stage, and the second was the metaphysical stage. and the last was scientific or positivist stage. In the last stage, society would be controlled by obvious facts and would be understood by judging from science, primarily sociology. Comte saw philosophy is useful for understanding human society. So he thought Sociology needs to a positivist approach. Therefore, he stuck to methodology based on observation, not intuition. It leads to advance of positivism in sociological methodology.
However, the quantitative social science has changed into qualitative social studies. Because there was a limit to the former. For more sophisticated and complex research, qualitative methodologies were needed. By quantitative research to qualitative research Sociology has been able to answer more definitive and broader questions about the social world.
2. Intriguing contents
The content of sociology depends on the members of society. It is bound to change. Society has changed enormously since Sociology has been established. Today's society consistently changes. Although many things were not the same as the past, Sociological perspectives and theories still exist. It makes society analyzed using the discipline in recent years. That is why I was quite interesting about Sociology.
3. Discussion
I want to talk about the range of Sociology. Sociology can be applicable many other studies. What kind of study or disciplines are suitable for Sociology? Then, How to calculate the suitability?
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