From Durkheim and the Development of Sociology article, “Sociology is defined as the study of human groups. In the broadest sense, sociology is concerned with understanding patterns of human relationships, their causes and their effects.” The study of social aspect will be studied as a whole because society refers to a combination of two or more people, therefore making a study of sociology are studied from every aspect of social. But sometimes the only person might affect or influence the society as a whole, such as the Mahatma Gandhi which as important person of India. He was makes India gained independence from Britain. By using nonviolence and he incite people in India have come together to regain independence from Britain. It can be seen that only person, it can cause social integration.
And the study a highly reputable of Durkheim is Suicides; “Durkheim collected and analyzed data from a number of countries that kept records on suicides. He used a theoretical foundation for the study of social groups, Durkheim also conducted research designed to corroborate his theoretical work. Using landmark research methods,
And he made an eminently that the social environment or the characteristic of each society, can result in suicide. As mentioned the study of Durkheim; the results of his study showed that suicide rates do indeed vary according to specific social characteristics. Later, the theme of his research is increasingly recognized. Therefore it made the study of sociology has developed a breakthrough and within a short time, his specific approach to formulating and testing social theory became a model that guided the work of nearly all sociologists.