ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book begins with the aforementioned description of what sociology is, one hardly finds a discipline within the social sciences that does not make use of a sociological method. It identifies sociology in two ways: by outlining the method and object of sociology and by outlining sociology as an institutionalised practice. In addition to account of sociology in terms of its substance and philosophy of science, and describes sociology as a science about the modern society. The perception of the social as a central focal point for both society and sociology. The perception of change as a societal phenomenon. The understanding of problems at the societal level also has a political dimension, as it makes it possible to deal with or solve the social problems and conflicts that sociology has traditionally described.
