The State of Sociology in Nepal
Global Express
Sociology and anthropology are two distinct disciplines. Anthropology is ‘the study of man’, whereas sociology is ‘the study of the human society’. Till the second half of the 19th century, both the disciplines were similar, due to the common acceptance of the evolutionary theory as intrinsic to an understanding of man, society and culture (Voget 1975; Beals and Hoijer 1965; Carneiro 1973; and Dahal...