Nature

  • What is the nature of sociology?

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    The nature of Sociology can be methodological, empirical, interactive, analytical, dialectical or phenomenological depending on the orientation of the sociologist or thinker. The nature of sociology is also evolving and as a discipline sociology has interacted and been influenced by other subjects like anthropology, philosophy, Political Science, Economics and Law. A fundamental difference is that sociology is concerned chiefly with the society or sections of the society as opposed to psychology for example which is concerned with the individual. A sociologist is concerned with establishing the patterns or tendencies which seemingly influence routine or abnormal social behavior.

  • Fathers and Sons

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    Fathers and sons is a sad novel. The wasting of a life; of an existence gone awry, all great ideas strewn to dust in the case of Bazarov, the compromise, the decisiveness in love and marriage, the reflective, unperturbed existence in the case of Kirsanov. These are the major themes of the novel. The novel…

  • Why is William Wordsworth described as a poet of nature?

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    William Wordsworth’s poetry is characterized by the poet’s visionary sympathy with the countryside of his birth, which was more powerful for him than any conventional religion. His association with Nature has given him his true education. His poetry provides an affirmation of the relationship between the natural world and the inner self of man. Nature…

  • What is sociology? What is the scope and subject matter of sociology?

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    Sociology is the study of society and what constitutes it; the individual, interpersonal relations and social behavior, patterns of social evolution, social institutions, culture, social stratification and problems of society. A considerable part of the scope of sociology devolves around the methodology and ways of studying society. It may be fair to say that sociologists and thinkers have worked towards giving sociology the status of a scientific discipline given the general and abstract nature of the subject. Thinkers like Karl Marx, Herbert Spencer, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Levi Strauss, Talcott Parsons, C Wright Mills and others from their revolutionary and momentous contributions have rendered to

  • Why does Wordsworth prefer rustic and ordinary things as the subject matter of his poetry?

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    Wordsworth’s poetry is characterized by the poet’s visionary sympathy with the countryside of his birth, which was more powerful for him than conventional religion. His association with Nature had supplied him his true education.This is followed by his eager political enthusiasm for establishing a just society and his passion for liberty. When these hopes are…

  • Dehradun

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    Arrived in Dehradun on Wednesday evening. The journey from Delhi to Dehradun is very short. We arrived here on a chilly evening. The weather here is very cold. We were given accommodation in the Golden Jubilee hostel. The food is bland, la canteen style and it is mostly potato and paneer. The IIRS campus is beautiful with a number of trees inside. We could see fir and mango trees mostly. The lecture halls and auditorium are state of the art

  • Desolate village

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    Years ago I had gone for an inquiry to a far off place in my district. It was to identify some land and submit my report to the Collector. I asked my driver Khajavali to get ready for the journey. The next day he was ready with the files and maps .We started early in the morning to reach the place because it was a long journey.

  • Villette

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    Completed reading Charlotte Bronte’s Villette. It is a magnificent work. I expected some flashes of brilliance or a craftily arranged plot. What amazed me is the denseness of her imagination and the maturity of her thought. Lucy Snowe the orphan heroine of the novel arrives in Villette searching for a vocation to establish herself and…