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• The enlightenment was made possible by and in turn
helped to develop , attitudes of mind that we refer today
as secular, scientific and humanistic.
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
• The French revolution (1789) announced the arrival of
political sovereignty at the level of individuals as well as
nation- state
It is the idea of a homogenous nation governed by its own
sovereign state where each state contains one nation.
• Emanicipation/ liberating of individuals from the
oppressive rule of religious and feudal institutions became
possible due to political sovereignty.
• Separated the private realm from the public sphere and
state ha to respect individual autonomy without intruding
it.
• Ideas like liberty, equality and fraternity became the
watchwords of the modern states.
• The conditions of modernity brought by the French
Revolution laid the platform for Sociology to study the
new social phenomenon.
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
• Scientific discussion about trends in Social behaviour
became possible with evolution of new phenomena such
as large scale organisation of markets and labour.
• Changes in the production process due to large scale
industries brought major changes in social life in terms of
