Concept information
Preferred term
sociology
Definition
- Sociology is a relatively new science born at the beginning of the 19th century. Together with philosophy, psychology, political science, and anthropology, sociology belongs to the humanities and explores “society” in its broad sense. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Sociology]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- aging and the life course
- anthropology
- area studies
- crime and deviance
- environmental, urban and regional sociology
- family studies
- gender and sexuality
- gender studies
- political sociology
- race, ethnicity and migration
- social change
- social interaction
- social policy
- social problems
- social stratification
- social theory
- sociological social psychology
- sociology of arts and culture
- sociology of education
- sociology of health, illness and the body
- sociology of organizations, institutions and structure
- sociology of religion
- sociology of sport and leisure
- sociology of work
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/sociology
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