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  • Anthropology
    has humanity as its object of research, but unlike other human sciences, it tries to grasp its object through its most diverse manifestations.
  • "Anthropos" - human and reason
  • "logos" - study of human.
  • The study of humankind in all times and all places; includes topics such as human origin, globalization, social change, and world history.
  • Goals of anthropology
    Tries to account for the social and cultural variation in the world while conceptualizing and understanding similarities between social systems and human relationships.
  • Archaeological Anthropology is concerned with the material remains of past cultures and societies.
  • Biological or Physical Anthropology studies the biological aspects of humans including their physical characteristics, evolutionary development, and genetics.
  • Linguistic Anthropology focuses on language and communication within different cultures and how they are used to convey meaning.
  • Goals of anthropology
    Account for the interrelationships between different aspects of human existence.
  • Goals of anthropology
    Discover what makes people different from one another in order to understand and preserve diversity.
  • Cultural Anthropology
    Refers to the study of living people and their cultures including variation and change.
  • Cultural anthropologists also study art, religion, migration, marriage, and family.
  • Biological Anthropology
    The study of humans as biological organisms including their evolution and contemporary variation.
  • Biological Anthropology
    Can intersect with other fields of science such as biology, medicine, psychology.
  • Linguistic Anthropology
    Refers to the study of communication. mainly (but not exclusively) among humans.
  • Linguistic Anthropology
    Includes the study of communication's origins, history, and contemporary variation.
  • Archaeology
    Refers to the study of past human cultures through their material remains. It is the study of past human cultures through the recovery and analysis of artifacts.
  • Sociology
    The study of human social relationships and institutions.
  • Sociology
    Study of groups and societies that people build and how these affect their behavior.
  • Goals of Sociology
    Seeks to understand how human action and consciousness both shape and are shaped by surrounding cultural and social structures.
  • According to Greg Jackson. "sociologists look for patterns that reflect particular generalities of the society. A sociologist might study an individual's behavior or actions to see how it
  • Branches of Sociology
    Started around 1839 A.D.
  • when did the Branches of Sociology
    started around 1839 A.D.
  • Branches of Sociology
    A vast body of knowledge that has many subdivisions based on its contents.
  • Theoretical sociology
    It includes micro theory or small/middle/large theory. The theories of Karl Marx. August Cimte, Max Wever, Emmile Durkhaim. Sorokin, etc are studied under the theories of sociology.
  • Historical sociology
    It is the study of social facts and social groups. It studies the background of any social event.
  • Sociology of Knowledge
    The newly emerged branch of sociology indicates that our knowledge is the product of social phenomena. This means our knowledge is always influenced by society.
  • Criminology
    This branch of sociology studies the criminal behavior of individuals or groups: Origin of crime its types of nature, causes as well as law. punishment, police, etc.
  • Sociology of Religion
    It analyses the social behavior of human beings. It also studies the religious constitutions and their role in the society.
  • Sociology of Economy
    This branch of sociology studies production. distribution, consumption and exchange of goods and services.
  • Rural sociology
    Studies the way of life of rural people as the rural population is higher than the urban.
  • Urban sociology
    Studies the way of life of urban people. It gives information about the social organizations and institution of urban society as well as social structure and social interaction.
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  • Political Sociology
    Studies different political moments of society. It includes the study of different political ideology (view), their origin, development and function
  • Sociology of Demography
    Demography of scientific mathematical and statically study of population. It studies about the size, situation, composition, density. distribution, and measurement etc. of the population.
  • Sociology of Law
    Related to moral order for the society as formulation and implementation of rules and regulations, law and order come under this.
  • Industrial Sociology
    Studies the different industrial organizations and institutions. As well as their interrelationship and links with other various institutions of society.
  • Political Science
    the systematic study of governance by the application of empirical and generally scientific methods of analysis.
  • Domestic Politics
    the most common field of study; include public opinion, elections, national government, and state, local, or regional government
  • Comparative Politics
    focuses on politics within countries (often grouped into world regions) and analyzes similarities and differences between countries.
  • International Relations
    considers the political relationships and interactions between countries. including the causes of war, the formation of foreign policy.