Starting Points: Anthropology

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ANTHROPOLOGY

Science of humanity; the study of human beings, their origin, their societies, and their cultures; roots its observations to the origin of humans to understand fully the societies and cultures of the human organisms through time

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SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY

The study of humans in relation to societies

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CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

The study of human cultures

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SOCIOLOGY

Scientific study of a society, different elements in the environment.

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POLITICAL SCIENCE

The study of politics, its institutions and processes; includes allocation of power, roles and systems of governance, political behavior, and public policies

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SOCIETY

A group of people living together in organized communities, following common laws, values, customs, and traditions; derived from Latin “socius” and “societas” meaning “companion” and French “societe” meaning “companionship”

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Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyes

Coined te word Sociology, he is a french essayist in 1780

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Augaust Comte

The father of Sociology that defined the word Sociology in 1838

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Latin origin of Society

socius and societas which mean "companion"

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French term of society

societe meaning companionship