History
Why Is China’s Population Shrinking?
The world’s largest nation is facing a decline in its numbers. Last year, deaths in China outpaced births for the first time since the 1960s. What’s happening to the Chinese population and why? […]
Sociology
Sociology
How Do Humans Behave When Not Being Observed?
Anonymity plays an important role in people’s behavior and their actions. Unfortunately, in today’s society, which is controlled by social media, anonymity gives rise to various malicious acts such as cyber bullying. […]
Sociology
Social Surveillance: The Positives and Negatives
Human behavior is governed by what others think about an individual. It is seen that human behavior modifies under social surveillance. There are many instances where it creates a negative impact. However, there are also several positive outcomes. […]
Sociology
The Observer Effect: How It Affects Human Conduct
The idea that people act differently when they are aware that they are being observed is known as the “observer effect”. In many instances it can have negative impact. However, it also have some positive effects. […]
Sociology
A Dialectic View of Social Development: Hegel and Marx
Karl Marx believed that capitalism was important for social development. The capitalists not only eliminated scarcity in the society, but also created the possibility of a workers’ revolution. […]
Sociology
Complex Social Structures: Bureaucracy and Other Systems
The social structures are helping the human society to flourish. These structures like bureaucracy and legal systems are becoming better at solving the problems that plague us. […]
Sociology
Is the Collapse of Civilization Inevitable?
Joseph Tainter, an American anthropologist, has explained why major civilizations have collapsed. He argues that the overly complex nature of these societies doomed them. […]
Sociology
The Differences Between Races and Intelligence
At the turn of the 20th century, there was an effort by craniologists and phrenologists to determine intelligence by the size and characteristic bumps on the skull. […]
Sociology
Division of Human Race on the Basis of Physical Attributes
German philosopher Immanuel Kant divided humans based on the color of their skin. He said that as we scroll down the list, races become less and less intellectually enriched. No doubt, a finer distinction can be drawn between the groups based on this aspect. […]
Sociology
From Community Living to Social Living: How Do the Human Differences Work?
Although the divisions may be good or bad, we sometimes fragment our community living into social living where the boundaries are created arbitrarily. In fact, this is something that is not actually the part of a real-world itself, but a fiction created by us. […]