The core discipline of sociology emerged through its engagement with the social problems that surfaced in modernity. Not because prior social formations were closer to some ideal, but because human beings began to perceive themselves as subjects separated from their environment. This separation gave rise to ideals such as humanism and individualism, and enabled people...
A crucial essence of social science in general is to raise questions about the Why?. For the conscious development of our societies, diving into the sociogenetic and developmental processes of societies to understand how social structures, values or power relations emerge and evolve is more than significantly important. Every scientific answer to these questions allows...
The concept of freedom is a central part of our lives. It has been subject to much debate, but people still disagree on what it entails. Wars have been fought and states have been formed in the name of freedom. In a world, in which the death penalty is almost universally abolished, the harshest punishment...