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{{see also|Index of sociology articles}}

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the discipline of [[sociology]]:

[[Sociology]] studies [[society]]<ref>"Comte, Auguste, A Dictionary of Sociology (3rd Ed), John Scott & Gordon Marshall (eds), Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-19-860986-8, ISBN 978-0-19-860986-5</ref> using various methods of empirical investigation<ref name="Classical Statements8">{{Cite book|author=Ashley D, Orenstein DM |title=Sociological theory: Classical statements (6th ed.) |publisher=Pearson Education |location=Boston, Massachusetts, USA |year=2005 |pages=3–5, 32–36 |isbn=}}</ref> and critical analysis<ref name="Classical Statements4">{{Cite book|author=Ashley D, Orenstein DM |title=Sociological theory: Classical statements (6th ed.) |publisher=Pearson Education |location=Boston, Massachusetts, USA |year=2005 |pages=3–5, 38–40 |isbn=}}</ref> to understand human [[social activity]], from the [[microsociology|micro]] level of individual [[agency (sociology)|agency]] and interaction to the [[macrosociology|macro]] level of systems and [[social structure]].<ref name="Giddens Intro">Giddens, Anthony, Duneier, Mitchell, Applebaum, Richard. 2007. ''Introduction to Sociology. Sixth Edition.'' New York: W.W. Norton and Company. Chapter 1.</ref>

== Nature of sociology ==
Sociology can be described as all of the following:

* The study of society.
* [[Academic discipline]] &ndash; body of knowledge given to - or received by - a disciple (student); a branch or sphere of knowledge, or field of study, that an individual has chosen to specialise in.
* [[Fields of science|Field of science]]  &ndash; widely-recognized category of specialized expertise within science, and typically embodies its own terminology and nomenclature.  Such a field will usually be represented by one or more scientific journals, where peer reviewed research is published.  There are many sociology-related scientific journals.
** [[Social science]]  &ndash; field of academic scholarship that explores aspects of human society.

=== Essence of sociology ===
{{Main|Sociology}}

*[[Positivism]]
*[[Antipositivism]]
*[[Structural functionalism]]
*[[Conflict theory]]
*[[Public sociology]]
*[[Social research]]
*[[Social theory]]
*[[Feminism]]

== Branches ==

* [[Analytical sociology]]
* [[Applied sociology]]
* [[Architectural sociology]]
* [[Behavioral sociology]]
* [[Chinese sociology]]
* [[Collective behavior]]
* [[Comparative sociology]]
* [[Computational sociology]]
* [[Critical sociology]]
* [[Cultural sociology]]
* [[Dramaturgical sociology]]
* [[Economic sociology]]
* [[Educational sociology]]
* [[Empirical sociology]]
* [[Environmental sociology]]
* [[Evolutionary sociology]]
* [[Feminist sociology]]
* [[Figurational Sociology|Figurational sociology]]
* [[Historical sociology]]
* [[Humanistic sociology]]
* [[Industrial sociology]]
* [[Internet sociology]]
* [[Interpretive sociology]]
* [[Jealousy sociology]]
* [[Macrosociology]]
* [[Marxist sociology]]
* [[Mathematical sociology]]
* [[Medical sociology]]
* [[Mesosociology]]
* [[Microsociology]]
* [[Military sociology]]
* [[Phenomenological sociology]]
* [[Policy sociology]]
* [[Polish sociology]]
* [[Political sociology]]
* [[Professional sociology]]
* [[Psychoanalytic sociology]]
* [[Public sociology]]
* [[Pure sociology]]
* [[Rural sociology]]
* [[Social psychology (sociology)]]
* [[Sociology of aging]]
* [[Sociology of agriculture]]
* [[Sociology of architecture]]
* [[Sociology of art]]
* [[Sociology of autism]]
* [[Sociology of childhood]]
* [[Sociology of conflict]]
* [[Sociology of culture]]
* [[Sociology of cyberspace]]
* [[Sociology of deviance]]
* [[Sociology of development]]
* [[Sociology of disaster]]
* [[Sociology of education]]
* [[Sociology of emotions]]
* [[Sociology of family]]
* [[Sociology of fatherhood]]
* [[Sociology of film]]
* [[Sociology of finance]]
* [[Sociology of food]]
* [[Sociology of gender]]
* [[Sociology of generations]]
* [[Sociology of globalization]]
* [[Sociology of government]]
* [[Sociology of health and illness]]
* [[Sociology of human consciousness]]
* [[Sociology of immigration]]
* [[Sociology of knowledge]]
* [[Sociology of language]]
* [[Sociology of law]]
* [[Sociology of leisure]]
* [[Sociology of literature]]
* [[Sociology of markets]]
* [[Sociology of marriage]]
* [[Sociology of motherhood]]
* [[Sociology of music]]
* [[Sociology of natural resources]]
* [[Sociology of organizations]]
* [[Sociology of peace, war, and social conflict]]
* [[Sociology of punishment]]
* [[Sociology of race and ethnic relations]]
* [[Sociology of religion]]
* [[Sociology of risk]]
* [[Sociology of scientific knowledge]]
* [[Sociology of space]]
* [[Sociology of sport]]
* [[Sociology of terrorism]]
* [[Sociology of the body]]
* [[Sociology of the family]]
* [[Sociology of the history of science]]
* [[Sociology of the Internet]]
* [[Sociology of work]]
* [[Sociography]]
* [[Structural sociology]]
* [[Theoretical sociology]]
* [[Urban sociology]]
* [[Visual sociology]]

=== Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary fields involving sociology ===

* [[Agnotology]]
* [[Agrarian studies]]
* [[Anthrozoology]]
* [[Behavioral economics]]
* [[Cass Identity Model]]
* [[Community informatics]]
* [[Demography]]
* [[Disability studies]]
* [[Environmental communication]]
* [[Food studies]]
* [[Gender studies]]
* [[Geodemography]]
* [[Gerontology]]
* [[Human ecology]]
* [[Political ecology]]
* [[Science studies]]
* [[Science, technology and society]]
* [[Social architecture]]
* [[Social epistemology]]
* [[Social geography]]
* [[Social informatics]]
* [[Social philosophy]]
* [[Social studies of finance]]
* [[Social theory]]
* [[Sociobiology]]
* [[Sociomapping]]
* [[Sociometry]]
* [[Sociomusicology]]
* [[Systems theory]]
* [[Victimology]]
* [[World-systems theory]]

== Related fields ==
* [[Criminology]]
* [[Cultural studies]]
* [[Human geography]]
* [[Social Anthropology]]/[[Cultural Anthropology]]
* [[Sociolinguistics]]
* [[Social research]]
* Law
* Politics

== History of sociology ==
* [[History of sociology]]
** [[Ibn Khaldun]] (1332–1406) &ndash; in his ''[[Muqaddimah]]'' (later translated as ''Prolegomena'' in [[Latin]]), the introduction to a seven volume analysis of [[universal history]], was the first to advance [[social philosophy]] and [[social science]] in formulating theories of [[Structural cohesion|social cohesion]] and [[social conflict]]. He is thus considered by some to be the forerunner of sociology.<ref name=Mowlana>H. Mowlana (2001). "Information in the Arab World", ''Cooperation South Journal'' '''1'''.</ref><ref name=Akhtar>Dr. S. W. Akhtar (1997). "The Islamic Concept of Knowledge", ''Al-Tawhid: A Quarterly Journal of Islamic Thought & Culture'' '''12''' (3).</ref><ref>Amber Haque (2004), "Psychology from Islamic Perspective: Contributions of Early Muslim Scholars and Challenges to Contemporary Muslim Psychologists", ''Journal of Religion and Health'' '''43''' (4): 357-377 [375].</ref><ref name=Enan>{{Cite book|title=Ibn Khaldun: His Life and Works|first=Muhammed Abdullah|last=Enan|publisher=[[The Other Press]]|year=2007|isbn=983-9541-53-6|page=v|postscript=<!--None-->}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Alatas|first=S. H.|title=The Autonomous, the Universal and the Future of Sociology|journal=Current Sociology|year=2006|volume=54|pages=7–23 [15]|doi=10.1177/0011392106058831|postscript=<!--None-->}}</ref><ref name=Gates>{{Cite journal|title=The Spread of Ibn Khaldun's Ideas on Climate and Culture|author=Warren E. Gates|journal=[[Journal of the History of Ideas]]|volume=28|issue=3|date=July–September 1967|pages=415–422 [415]|publisher=[[University of Pennsylvania Press]]|jstor=2708627|doi=10.2307/2708627|postscript=<!--None-->}}</ref>
* [[History of sociology in Poland]]
* [[Timeline of sociology]]
* [[Timeline of sociology (1810s)]]
* [[Timeline of sociology (1820s)]]
* [[Timeline of sociology (1830s)]]
* [[Timeline of sociology (1840s)]]
* [[Timeline of sociology (1850s)]]
* [[Timeline of sociology (1860s)]]
* [[Timeline of sociology (1870s)]]
* [[Timeline of sociology (1880s)]]
* [[Timeline of sociology (1890s)]]
* [[Timeline of sociology (1900s)]]
* [[Timeline of sociology (1910s)]]
* [[Timeline of sociology (1920s)]]
* [[Timeline of sociology (1930s)]]
* [[Timeline of sociology (1940s)]]
* [[Timeline of sociology (1950s)]]
* [[Timeline of sociology (1960s)]]
* [[Timeline of sociology (1970s)]]
* [[Timeline of sociology (1980s)]]
* [[Timeline of sociology (1990s)]]
* [[Timeline of sociology (2000s)]]

== Theoretical perspectives in sociology ==
*[[Conflict theory]]
*[[Critical realism]]
*[[Critical theory]]
*[[Cultural theory]]
*[[Ethnomethodology]]
*[[Exchange theory]]
*[[Feminist theory]]
*[[Human ecology]]
*[[Marxist sociology]]
*[[Postcolonialism]] & [[Subaltern (postcolonialism)|Subaltern theory]]
*[[Postmodernism]]
*[[Poststructuralism]]
*[[Psychoanalytic sociology]]
*[[Queer theory]]
*[[Rational choice theory]]
*[[Social constructionism]]
*[[Alfred Schutz|Social phenomenology]]
*[[Structural functionalism]]
*[[Structuralism]]
*[[Symbolic interactionism]]
*[[Systems theory]]
*[[World-systems theory]]

== General sociology concepts ==

* [[Attitude (psychology)|Attitude]]
* [[Social alienation|Alienation]]
* [[Beliefs]]
* [[Bureaucracy]]
* [[Civil inattention]]
* [[Civil rights]]
* [[Crime]]
* [[Commodity fetishism]]
* [[Community]] &nbsp; ([[Outline of community|outline]])
* [[Consumerism]]
* [[Cultural capital]]
* [[Culture]] &nbsp; ([[Outline of culture|outline]])
* [[Discrimination]]
* [[Division of labour]]
* [[Social equality|Equality]]
* [[Exploitation]]
* [[Family]]
* [[Freedom (political)|Freedom]]
* [[Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft]]
* [[Globalization]]
* [[Group (sociology)|Group]]
* [[Ideal type]]
* [[Identity (social science)|Identity]]
* [[Ideology]]
* [[Industrialization]]
* [[Social inequality|Inequality]]
* [[Institution]]
* [[Interpersonal relationship]] &nbsp; ([[Outline of relationships|outline]])
* [[Justice]]
* [[Mass media]]
* [[Modernity]]
* [[Nature versus nurture]]
* [[Organization]]
* [[Paradigm shift]]
* [[Political economy]]
* [[Popular culture]]
* [[Postmodernity]]
* [[Poverty]]
* [[Power (sociology)|Power]]
* [[Power-knowledge]]
* [[Racism]]
* [[Rationalization (sociology)|Rationalisation]]
* [[Reflexivity (sociology)|Reflexivity]]
* [[Secularisation]]
* [[Sexism]]
* [[Social action]]
* [[Social capital]]
* [[Social change]]
* [[Social class]]
* [[Social construction]]
* [[Social cohesion]]
* [[Social control]]
* [[Social environment]]
* [[Social evolutionism]]
* [[Social justice]]
* [[Social mobility]]
* [[Social movement]]
* [[Social network]]
* [[Social order]]
* [[Social organisation]]
* [[Social solidarity]]
* [[Social status]]
* [[Social stratification]]
* [[Social structure]]
* [[Socialization]]
* [[Society]] &nbsp; ([[Outline of society|outline]])
* [[Structure and agency]]
* [[Sustainable development]]
* [[Value (personal and cultural)|Values]]

== Sociologists ==
{{main|List of sociologists}}

== Sociological publications ==

* [[List of sociology journals]]
* Magazines
** ''[[Contexts]]''
** ''[[MANAS Journal]]''
** ''[[Polemic (magazine)|Polemic]]''
** ''[[Salmagundi (magazine)|Salmagundi]]''
** ''[[Youth Studies Australia]]''
* [[Sociology books]]

== Academies ==

* [[College of sociology]]

==See also==

* [[Outline of science]]
* [[Bibliography of sociology]]
* [[Index of sociology articles]]
* [[Index of sociology of food articles]]
* [[Index of urban sociology articles]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Sister project links|Sociology}}
* [http://www.sociology.org/ Electronic Journal of Sociology]
* [http://www.sociolog.com/ SocioLog], a directory of sociology resources
* [http://www.sociosite.net/ SocioSite], a directory of sociology resources
* [http://www.asanet.org/cs/root/leftnav/sections/overview Sections] of [[American Sociological Association]]
* [http://www.ucm.es/info/isa/rc.htm Research Committees and Themes] of [[International Sociological Association]], AIS
* {{fr icon}} [http://w3.univ-tlse2.fr/aislf/crgt/activites3.php Comités de Recherche] de l'Association internationale des sociologues de langue française, AISLF
* {{fr icon}} [http://www.afs-socio.fr/reseaux-liste.htm Liste des réseaux thématiques] de l'Association Française de Sociologie, AFS

; Professional associations
* [http://www.isa-sociology.org/ International Sociological Association (ISA)]
* [http://www.afsanet.org/ African Sociological Association (AfSA)]
* [http://www.asanet.org/ American Sociological Association (ASA)]
* [http://www.tasa.org.au/ Australian Sociological Association (TASA)]
* [http://www.britsoc.co.uk/ British Sociological Association (BSA)]
* [http://www.sbsociologia.com.br/  Brazilian Sociological Society (SBS)]
* [http://www.csaa.ca/ Canadian Sociological Association (CSA)]
* [http://www.soziologie.de/ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS)]
* [http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/esa/ European Sociological Association (ESA)]
* [http://www.insoso.org/ Indian Sociological Society]
* [http://www.sociology.ie/ Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI)]

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