Meant as a textbook for the students of Sociology at the undergraduate level, the volume is an introduction to sociology and its relation with other disciplines. It presents the distinctive sociological views of thinkers like Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Vilfredo Pareto, C. H. Cooley and others. It deals with the structure of Indian society and its dynamic aspects, taking up the composition of the Indian society, concept ...