Sociology I · 10 marks · 150 words

Sociology is considered to be the 'daughter of industrial revolution'. Explain.

Answered by 3 toppers · CSE 2023–2025

Emergence of Sociology

Syllabus: Sociology - The Discipline: (a) Modernity and social changes in Europe and emergence of Sociology. (b) Scope of the subject and comparison with other social sciences. (c) Sociology and common sense.

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Nelaturu Sreekanth ReddyAIR 151 · CSE 2024 · 136 wordsTheir whole copy

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Sociology is often considered to be the daughter of industrial revolution as its emergence is very much associated with various socio-economic-political conditions of Industrial revolutions.

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Role of Industrial revolutions in emergence of sociology

  1. Political changes: Industrial revolution lead to questioning of state by public about its role in maintaining social harmony. [Ex:] Equality, Liberty and Fraternity by French Revolution

  2. Economic changes: Rapid growth of industries created huge migration and urban slums. Capitalism emerged solely for profit [Ex:] class struggle by Karl marx.

  3. Social charges: Change in family structure, interactions and roles.

Ex: Joint family → Nuclear family.

  1. Technological charges: Emergence of new intelligentia such as Rousseau, John Rawls and new inventions such as steam engine by James Watt.
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Dark Age ↓ Dawn of Modernity & Industrial Revolution ↙ ↓ ↘ Social changes Political changes Economic charges ex: Urbanisation ex: French Revolution ex: Capitalism ↓ ↓ ↓ Social Challenges Political Challenges Economic Challenges ex: Nuclear family ex: chaos & ex: New crimes uncertainty & poor living ↘ ↓ ↙ Intelligentia → quest for answers ← Scientific advancement ↓ [Emergence of sociology]

Close · a summary

Therefore the prevailing social conditions in 18th century lead to foundation of sociology.

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Modernity, the Enlightenment and the French and Industrial Revolutions as the setting in which sociology arose in Europe.

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