NATURE AND SCOPE OF SOCIOLOGY
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Nature of Sociology: In nature of sociology we investigate, what type of subject Sociology is? Is sociology a science, or an art or what? To answer this question Robert Bierstedt enlisted the following characteristics of sociology in his book “ The Social Order ”: · Sociology is an independent science . Sociology like any other discipline have its own area of study and not fully dependent on other discipline. · Sociology is a social science not a physical science . Social sciences focus on various aspect of human society while physical sciences deal with natural phenomena. Thus Sociology is a social science as it deals with man and his social activities. · Sociology is a categorical and not a normative discipline . Sociology is value-free. It is only interested in ‘what is’ and not ‘what should be’ or ‘ought to be’. · Sociology is pure science and not an applied science . As a Pure science it is only interested in acquisition of kno