Essays on Secularity

Explain the Relationship between sociology and modernity and consider the implications of this relationship for sociological thinking

Sociology and modernity have a nexus in that both consider developments that occurred in the lives of human beings. In order to understand the relationship between the two, one needs to be able to define each. This essay shall demonstrate the relationship between sociology and modernity, seeking to highlight the effects modernity had on human beings lives which in other words are the subject of sociology. It is instructive to note from a definitional point of view that while sociology is the scientific approach in the study of human beings, modernity specifically refers to the era which has followed the Enlightenment ...

Introduction

Did there exists a pre modern world? If so, when did the modern world begin? These together with this question: is there a significant transformation in the structure of society in the transition from the pre-modern to the modern world? form the thesis behind this research paper. From a glimpse at several book designations and articles, one would perceive there is a precise period within the worldwide history that divide across countries and is documented as either pre-modern or modern world. Consistent with several factual volumes encompassing Europe, North Africa, the Ottoman Empire, China, India, Japan, and the America, these civilizations either possessed ...