SOCIOLOGY IN TROUBLESOME TIMES

Abstract

It can be freely said that there are only a few disciplines that have
escaped so long the conceptual definition and the subject framework that
would be generally accepted. The multiplicity of contents of sociology has
led to a state in which almost every textbook or book, of different character
distinctiveness, has a diverse determining framework of its subject. In all
these periods and sociology definition quests, a tedious seeking process
of sociology for its own scientific identity has evolved. Nowadays, many
analyses of state and perspective of sociology show visible signs of distrust,
insecurity, as well as underachievement. This situation is due to the fact
that many, outside this discipline, do not understand sociology seriously
and do not attribute a merited significance to it. This problem becomes
even more dramatic when one takes into account the fact that these doubts
have snuck into the order of sociologists themselves. Ever growing disbelief
in itself harms sociology much more than the disbelief of those who are not
in this profession.