RELEVANCE OF SOCIOLOGY IN TODAY'S SOCIETY

Abstract

In order to discuss about the relevance of sociology in todays, society at first we have to understand the meaning of sociology. Sociology is the scientific study of society as a whole in generally. No other social science study society as a whole, thats' why other social sciences are special social science, but sociology is the general social science, because it studied society in generally. So here our objective is how sociology relevant in contemporary social situation, because by the bliss of science and technology, various factors of social change is happening very spontaneously and frequently, like Industrialization and urbanization. Rapid growth of industrialization and urbanization, rural social set-up as well as social institution like marriage, family, kinship become break & changed, so in our modern, postmodern, industrial and also in post industrial socities, where has created various kind of social problems, like breakdown of joint family, emergence of neclear family and neo-local families, divorce, spoil child and other social problem become arise gradually due to decrease of social relation and bond. Subjective relation have converted to objective relationship, our main objective to search the relevance of sociological study to reduce present social problematic condition. In this study we have used mixed method which is combination of library research as well as content analysis method and also empirical method (where has several direct field based experienced). In result, we have seen, by the emerging trends of sociological study, several problem become reduce gradually for instance displacement is one of the serious problem of growing industrial society, where land acquisition is happening anywhere. At that circumstances only sociologist and the student of sociology can realize their problem heartily because sociology can teach us human value and morality, so sociological study is very relevant in today's society.