Factors Contributing to the Emergence of Society

Sociology came to be established as an independent and a separate social science in the middle of the 19th century. Various factors paved the way for its emergence. Ian Robertson in his book "sociology" [pages: 11-12] has mentioned of three factors that hastened the process of the establishment of sociology as a separate science. They are,

1. Industrial Revolution and Industrialisation.
2. Inspiration from the Growth of Natural Sciences.
3. Inspiration provided by the radically diverse societies and cultures of the colonial empires.

These three factors are described separately from each other briefly in next three posts as those named here.