Scope of Sociology

If the social being etc are changing then it is difficult to find its scope. Due to its changing nature it
is difficult to say what the scope is moreover we cannot even define sociology.
V.F.

Cabberton:

"Social is an elastic science, it is very difficult to determine from where its boundaries begin and
end". As it studies the human life therefore the scope should be very wide. Some say it is a
science so some scholars say it should have a limited scope, because studying a vast scope can
pose difficulties (i.e. conducting experimentation), observation ect are necessary for a scientific
study.
These

are

supporters

of:

Formalistic school Some scholars say it should have limited school because studying a vast
scope can face difficulties (i.e. conducting experiments) George Simmel supports this and is the
head
of
this
and
says
form
of
social
interaction
should
be
studied.
Synthetic school They say since this sociology studies so many aspects such as political,
biological, psychological etc. therefore we should have a wider scope.
I.Specialistic School the name is so because sociology is a special science to study society.
George Simmel is the supporter. Society has form and content according to him and there can
be no society without form and content and they can be separated i.e. form and content. He says
sociology only studies the form but not the content. Eg. Competition social studies the factor,
result and this is the form the area of competition is the content and it is not studied. Sociology
does not study the content because there are other social sciences which study the contents. Eg.
By him Tables 3 types of glass of similar forms fill them with different types of content but this
does not change the form of the glass. Then now you take one glass and fill it by 3 different
liquids one by one. Now the form does not change and the content too does not change and
therefore these forms and contents can be separated. Similarly sociology studies the form and if
there is a change in the content there is no change in the form and thus in the study
supporters of formal school
Uses of Sociology:
1.

Sociology is the youngest of the social sciences. Augusta Comte's efforts enabled
sociology to be recognized as a separate social science, which is why he called the father of
sociology. It was he, who first coined the word 'Sociology'. Sociology comes from the Latin words
'socialism and 'loges', the first meaning study of science. Therefore Sociology literally means the
science of society. Japan literally, this would mean a very big scope of study for sociology which
is not practical, therefore sociologists have defined in various ways limiting its scope to a
manageable extent. But defining sociology is in itself a difficult task leading to a variety of
definition.

2.

F.Ward and W.C. summer define it as 'the science of society', Giddings calls 'the science
of social phenomena to Auskhiem it is the science of institution for park' it is the science collective
behavior' and for Macdum & Pagi it the study of society which is a web of human relationship."
These definition are mostly traditional, indicating the different methods of approach to the study of
human relationships. Modern devp. in knowledge have adhered the attitude & approach to the
study of different sciences. Even in socio, viz. the study of human society as a whole, to the
segmental interpretation of social macroscopic analysis of social factors & the infrastructural
analysis of human society in different forms.

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