Abhilasha Abhinav: Sociology I answer copy

Industrial Revolution was preceded by Renaissance and Reformation and both these events are epochs of human history. They not only broke the idea of 'divine Kinship' but also stressed on reasoning. It led to mass production and the Spinning Jenny and steam engine only added to it. Due to increased mass production, labour requirement enhanced. Men with their families began to flock to urban areas and new urban centres developed. In primitive society, the idea of common property prevailed and kinship ties were very strong. however, due to industrial revolution and Capitalism, kinship ties became broken and nuclear family concept prevailed. Parson talks about the utility of nuclear family in Industrial Revolution. Social Roles of man and women changed as now women and children became earning hands. Due to population increase, slums developed. Marx propounds the idea of alienation in context of laboures. New labour problems arose which was never felt. Thinkers like Rousseau, Kant, Adam Smith tried to understand these social changes with context of society study. Hence, Sociology emerged as a separate field as now it became imperative to learn about Man and his surroundings i.e. Society. So, Sociology can be seen as a By product of Industrial Revolution and it has certainly enriched our understanding of Man and society.