The term
‘society’ is considered as the fundamental to sociology. Society derived from a
latin word ‘Socius’ which means companionship or friendship. Companionship
means sociability. Man is a social animal said by Aristotle almost two thousand
and half centuries ago. Man needs society for his living, working and enjoying
life. Society is an essential condition for human life.
*According to August Comte “society is a social
organism possessing a harmony of structure and function”
*According to Emile Durkeim ”society is a reality in
its own right”
*According to Cole “society is the complex of
organized associations and institutions with a community”
*According to Maclver and Page “society is a system of
usages and procedures of authority and mutual aid of many groupings and
divisions of controls of human”
So, we can
define society as a group of people who share a common culture, occupy a
particular territorial area and feel themselves to constitute a unified and
distinct entity. It is the mutual interactions and relationship of individuals
and groups.
