This is a textbook for undergraduate courses in sociology of the universities across Hindi speaking states. This book will be very useful for UPSC and PCS aspirants. It also covers the syllabus of UGC NET.

The Book is on sociological thoughts. It covers the rise of sociology, its development, various perspective and the ideas of different sociologist.

Written in narrative style the eighteen sociological thinkers studied in this book are

1. August Comte,
2. Herbert Spencer,
3. Karl Marx,
4. Emile Durkheim,
5. Max Weber,
6. George Simmel,
7. Vilferedo Pareto,
8. Ferdinand Tonnies,
9. CW Mills,
10. PA Sorokin,
11. Talcott Parsons,
12. RK Merton,
13. TB Bottomore,
14. Ralf Daherndrof,
15. LA Coser,
16. CHCooley,
17. George Herbert Mead and
18. Herbert Bumer.

The first chapter of this book is introductory and the last chapter is the summary and synthesis. The book is appended with a bibliography.