Sociology: The Comparative Method
Sociology: The Comparative Method
Sociologists have embraced what is known as the comparative method as
the most efficient way to expose taken-for-granted 'truths' or laws that people
have adopted. But what is this comparative method and how does it work? Are
there any advantages/disadvantages to exposing these false 'truths'. What forms
or variations of the comparative method exist? In the pages to follow I will
attempt to give you some insight and understanding of what the comparative
method is, and how it works.
The comparative method, simply put, is the process of comparing two
things (in our case societies, or the people that make up society) and seeing if
the result of the comparison shows a difference between the two. The
comparative method attempts to dereify (the process of exposing misinterpreted
norms. Norms that society consider natural and inevitable characteristics of
human existence) reified (the human created norms or 'truths') beliefs.
Obviously there are......
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