Sociology is the study of human society or social problems. When we speak of sociology in context with sport we try to understand the way society effects sport. Sociology can also be described as the systematic study of principally modern and industrialised societies. This is based on the assumption that human behaviour derives from large part from the interaction with theses societies.
Children that were raised by animals act like animals because that’s how they were raised. There was no evidence of brain damage they were just never taught how to speak or behave as humans do
Two classic evocations of sociologies mission!
Karl Marx was a German philosopher and political campaigner. He was of the view that people make their own history but not of the circumstances of their choosing.
Mills was another leading figure in sociology. His view was that “ no social study that does not come back to the problem of biography, of history, and of the intersection within a society has completed its intellectual journey.”
“Sport is a game or competitive activity, which is pleasurable and subject to written rules”. Sport, it is important to remember, is historically specific.