Outline of sociology

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the discipline of sociology:

Sociology – study of society[1] using various methods of empirical investigation[2] and critical analysis[3] to understand human social activity, from the micro level of individual agency and interaction to the macro level of systems and social structure.[4]

Nature of sociology

Sociology can be described as all of the following:

Essence of sociology

Main article: Sociology

Branches of sociology

Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary fields involving sociology

History of sociology

Theoretical perspectives in sociology

General sociology concepts

Sociologists

Main article: List of sociologists

Sociological publications

Sociological associations

Academies

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Comte, Auguste, A Dictionary of Sociology (3rd Ed), John Scott & Gordon Marshall (eds), Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-19-860986-8, ISBN 978-0-19-860986-5
  2. ↑ Ashley D, Orenstein DM (2005). Sociological theory: Classical statements (6th ed.). Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Pearson Education. pp. 3–5, 32–36.
  3. ↑ Ashley D, Orenstein DM (2005). Sociological theory: Classical statements (6th ed.). Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Pearson Education. pp. 3–5, 38–40.
  4. ↑ Giddens, Anthony, Duneier, Mitchell, Applebaum, Richard. 2007. Introduction to Sociology. Sixth Edition. New York: W.W. Norton and Company. Chapter 1.
  5. ↑ H. Mowlana (2001). "Information in the Arab World", Cooperation South Journal 1.
  6. ↑ Dr. S. W. Akhtar (1997). "The Islamic Concept of Knowledge", Al-Tawhid: A Quarterly Journal of Islamic Thought & Culture 12 (3).
  7. ↑ Amber Haque (2004), "Psychology from Islamic Perspective: Contributions of Early Muslim Scholars and Challenges to Contemporary Muslim Psychologists", Journal of Religion and Health 43 (4): 357-377 [375].
  8. ↑ Enan, Muhammed Abdullah (2007). Ibn Khaldun: His Life and Works. The Other Press. p. v. ISBN 983-9541-53-6.
  9. ↑ Alatas, S. H. (2006). "The Autonomous, the Universal and the Future of Sociology". Current Sociology. 54: 7–23 [15]. doi:10.1177/0011392106058831.
  10. ↑ Warren E. Gates (July–September 1967). "The Spread of Ibn Khaldun's Ideas on Climate and Culture". Journal of the History of Ideas. University of Pennsylvania Press. 28 (3): 415–422 [415]. doi:10.2307/2708627. JSTOR 2708627.
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