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Class-XI

Chapter-1

Sociology and Society

Introduction:

Sociology:

 Sociology studies human society as an interconnected whole and
how society and the individual interact with each other.

 One of the tasks of sociology is to unravel the connection

between a personal problem and a public issue.

 It tries to understand that the individual in modern times belongs
to more than one society and how societies are unequal.

 Thus, sociology as a systematic study of society, distinct from

philosophical and religious reflections, as well as our everyday
common sense observation about society.

 This distinct way of studying society can be better understood if
we look back historically at the intellectual ideas and material

contexts within which sociology was born and later grew.

Society:

 A society is a group of people who share a common culture,
occupy a territorial area and are bound to each other by a

common history.

 Societies may be simple, may be complex. It is natural to human
beings. We are social beings, We cannot survive without

society. We human beings cannot attain our goals alone, we

want society.
 The society provides us security, relationship identity and sense

of belongingness.