A Dictionary of Sociology: Frontiers of Knowledge (Volume III)

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Sociology is the study of different aspects of society and its members. The discipline studies the relationship between different groups in a society and the behaviour of its members towards each other. It is also interested in social problems and in seeking their solutions. Social groups are of different kinds. They may be as small as a family and as big as a state. The sociologists work in close collaboration with demographers, economists, statisticians, psychologists, anthropologists and political scientists. Sociology began as a field of study in the 19 century. Auguste Comte (1798-1857) was the inventor of the term ‘sociology’. He used the term in his book, Positive Philosophy (Vol. IV, 1838) for the first time. Since then a number of thinkers such as Emile Durkheim (1858-1917), Karl Marx (1818-83), Pitirim A. Sorokin (1880-1968), Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) and Max Weber (1864-1920) have contributed to the growth of sociological studies and given it varied dimensions like the sociology of development, sociology of education, sociology of everyday life, sociology of the family, sociology of gender, sociology of health and illness, sociology of religion etc. Sociology has evolved a number of key concepts and theories, some of which are: accommodation, acculturation, action theory, affluent society, ageism, alienation, altruism, anomie, ascription, communication and community. The present dictionary deals with all the branches, concepts, ideas and institutions of sociology. The book will be found useful by all those scholars and enlightened citizens who want to understand the contemporary society in all its complexities.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR A N Kapoor

A.N. Kapoor After obtaining M.A., D.Phil, in English from Allahabad University, Dr. Kapoor taught English at Agra and Delhi Universities for over four decades and has edited, compiled and authored more than hundred titles including reference books, encyclopaedias and language dictionaries. His dictionary of geographical terms published in 1955 was the first work of its kind in Hindi. His comprehensive English-Hindi dictionary stands as the crowning work of the four decade long effort. The lexicon is considered a work of tremendous relevance for the entire gamut of bilingual activity, being undertaken in the country as almost all levels of our social system, educational institutions and government department.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mohini Gupta

A constant collaborator in the intellectual pursuits of her husband V.P. Gupta she is co-author in a number of his publications including an Encyclopaedia of History and Culture of Punjab, and biographical studies of Raja Rammohun Roy, Swami Dayaand Saraswati, Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Lala Lajpat Rai, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. A two-volume study of India since independence critically examines the triumphs and tragedies of Indian people during the last fifty five years. These books brought out in both the languages - English and Hindi - have been widely acclaimed as the harbinger of awareness about the ideals of our freedom struggle.