Introduction to Rural Sociology

Unit One: Introduction to Sociology of Education

Sociology primarily concerns itself with social relationships. A network of social relationships is called the society. The society is the sole concern of sociology. Though, there are other aspects of the social science that focuses on some other aspects of the society, the central concern of sociology is the social relationships of mankind. Sociology also uses scientific method in its study. S...

Sociology in China, sociology of China: Editor’s introduction

an introduction to the sociology of pierre bourdieu

the purpose of this article is to introduce the thoughts of pierre bourdieu, admittedly one of the greatest sociologists of the 20th century. his works, produced within the last three decades, go beyond conventional sociological research, making a fruitful theoretical contribution to sociology. his sociology is based on a basic idea: social reality lies neither on individuals nor on groups, but...

Editor’s Introduction: Methods of Interpretive Sociology

The Rationale The term 'interpretive' in the discussion of sociological methods is the most common translation of the German word 'verstehen,' but the German term is also translated as 'understanding'. There are many discussions and disputes over the translation of words between languages. What can be said about the meaning of interpretive method in sociology can be seen in discussions and disp...

situation of rural religion in rural sociology

since land reform in iran, rural studies and rural sociology have been concentrated on rural society as economical and political phenomena; therefore mostly traditional systems of production and power were noted in researches. one issue that was not addressed in this academic discourse was rural religion. religion as a core of culture and the main context to reproduce social integration has a k...