Write short note : The Development of Sociology

1. The foundations of sociology were laid down by Auguste Comte and Emile Durkheim in France. 

2. The legacy of sociology was later on continued in other countries in Europe and the western world. Sociology has also developed in India. 

3. Sociologist like Auguste Comte, Emile Durkheim and Karl Marx from the west and G. S. Ghurye, M. N. Srinivas and Iravati Karve have worked on specific areas within the broad scope of Sociology as a discipline. 

4. Many of them have developed specific concepts and developed theories through which they explain human social behaviour.