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Definations of sociology
According to August Comte "sociology is made up of two words- socius &logus. Socius means 'companion of associate' & logus refers to 'word'. Thus sociology means the society or the science of society." According to L.W.Ward "sociology is the science of society or of social phenomena" Max Waber who was one of the founding father of sociology defined it as a "Science which interprets social behavior with the aim at causal explanation of human behaviour" W.F.Ogburn writes "sociology is the body of learning about society. It is a description of ways to make society better. It is social ethics; a social philosophy. Generally, however, it is defined as a science of society" According to Morris Ginsberg "society is the study of human interaction & inter-relations, their conditions & coseqences" L.T.Hobhouse believed that " the subject matter of sociology is the interactionof human minds" According to Gillin & Gillin "sociology in its broader sence, may be said to be the study of inter-actions arising from the association of living beings" J.F.Cuber believes that "sociology may be as body of scientific knowledge about human relationships" Young & Mack defined sociology as "the scientific study of the structure of social life" Ely Chinoy tends to highlight the scientific nature of sociology when he defines "sociology seeks to apply to the study of man and society, the methods of science" According to Park & Burgess "sociology is the science of collective behaviour"