Distinction between Sociology and Anthropology: 

(a) Anthropology is found in most countries in corporate archaeology, physical anthropology, cultural history, many branches of linguistics and the study of all aspects of life in "Simple Societies". Our concern here is with social anthropology and cultural anthropology for it is that which is close to the study of sociology.

(b) The anthropologists of the past documented the details of simple societies apparently in a neutral scientific fashion. In practice they were constantly comparing those societies with the model of the western modern societies as a benchmark.

(c) Other changes have also redefined nature sociology and social anthropology. Modernity as we saw led to a process whereby the smallest village was impacted by global processes. The most obvious example is colonialism. The most remote village of India under British colonialism saw its land laws and administration change, its revenue extraction alter, and its manufacturing industries collapse.

(d) Today the distinction between a simple. society and a complex one itself needs major rethinking. India itself is a complex mix of tradition and modernity of the village and the city, of caste and tribe, of class and community. Villages nestle right in the heart of the capital city of Delhi. Call centres serve European and American clients from different towns of the country.