Sanskritization: Meaning, Characteristics Meaning The concept ‘Sanskritization’ was first introduced by Prof. M.N. Srinivas the famous Indian sociologist. He explained the concept of sanskritization in his book “Religion and society among the coorgs of South India” to describe the cultural mobility in the traditional caste structure of Indian society. In his study of the coorgs […]

Linear Theory Of Social change  This theory states that change takes place in a linear manner. The direction of social change is from worse to better, simple to complex and backward to modern. In other words, according to linear theory, social change is evolutionary; it is always towards the better way until perfection is achieved.

Pareto cyclical theory of social change Cyclical Theory of Social Change The advocates of this theory believe that we reach from the point we started. They must probably have been inspired by natural changes. These scholars said that society and culture go through the cycle of rise and fall. For this, they mentioned the various

Social change and cultural change sociology notes Social Change  Change is a very broad concept. Though change is all around us, we do not refer to all of it as social change. Thus, physical growth from year to year, or change of seasons do not fall under the concept of social change. In sociology, we