Saurabh SharmaAIR 23 · CSE 2023 · 158 wordsTheir whole copy
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Ulrich Beck in his work 'Risk Societies' argues that how globalization is unfolding new problems in different societies.
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Scholars see that 'sociology is in the state of flux' because its subject matter i.e. society is in state of flux. New emerging challenges like climate change has social dimension such as greater vulnerability of women, poor which is to be studied by sociology. The forces of globalization are strengthening one identity on one hand raising demands for 'global citizenship' while forces of revivalism and assertion are acting opposite.
Ethnocentricism and fundamentalism is on the rise as against modernization theory which vouched for uniform identities in view of globalization.
In this context, sociology has distinctive and interesting choices to make. Inter-disciplinary approach needs to be the way forward for sociology being an elastic science.
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Moreover, congruence of different research strands (e.g.: feminist, subaltern, functionalist, marxist) needs to come together for understanding the novel problems and prescribing solutions to the same.