In this article we will discuss about the cause and effects of technology on social change. How Technology Causes Social Change: Ogburn has made an extensive study of the patterns of change in material culture. He refers to two basic patterns. First, mechanical inventions tend to accumulate, and, as a result, the material culture becomes enlarged. Ogburn illustrates this process [...]
In this article we will discuss about social change:- 1. Definition of Social Change 2. Social Change: A Factionalist Perspective 3. Factors of Social Change. Definition of Social Change: The dynamic quality inherent in the basic social processes leads us to the investigation of the problems of social change. We have seen that the basic social processes are imbedded in [...]
In this article we will discuss about the Marxian explanation of social change. According to Marx, social change occurs as a sequel to class struggle. The seeds of class struggle which generate change are found in the economic infra-structure of society. At the dawn of human history, when man used to live, in the words of Marx, in a state [...]