Sociology Blog

Having discussed the sociological approach to understanding society, it is worth noting the limitations of sociology. Because of the subject of investigation (society), sociology runs into a number of problems that have significant implications for this field of inquiry: • Human behaviour is complex,...

CULTURE: Sets of traditions, rules, symbols that shape and are enacted as feelings, thoughts, and behaviours of groups of people. Referring primarily to learned behaviour as distinct from that which is given by nature, or biology, culture has been used to designate everything that is humanly produced (habits, beliefs,...

Symbolic interactionism is a social psychological theory developed from the work of Charles Horton Cooley and George Herbert Mead in the early part of the twentieth century (the actual name of the theory comes from Herbert Blumer, one of Mead's students). According to this theory, people inhabit a world that is in...

Marxist Feminism is a branch of feminism focusing on the ways in which women are exploited through the systems of capitalism and private property. According to Marxist feminist, women liberation can only be achieved through a radical restructuring of the current capitalist economy, women are exploited in the...

The term feminism can be used to describe a political, cultural or economic movement aimed at establishing equal rights and legal protection for women. Feminism involves political and sociological theories and philosophies concerned with issues of gender difference, as well as a movement that advocates gender equality...

Cooley´s concept of the looking glass self, states that a person’s self grows out of a person´s social interactions with others. The view of ourselves comes from the thought of personal qualities and impressions of how others perceive us. Actually, how we see ourselves does not come from who we really are, but rather...