Paper Details

Name: Pulin Bharali, Upala Baruah & Bijoy Das
Country: India

Year: 2025
Volume: Volume-12, Issue-2 (July-December)
Page Number: 241-247
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17608421

ABSTRACT
In the 21st century, social scientists have become increasingly concerned with economics and
material wealth rather than with society itself, emphasizing the maximization of income over
the expansion of opportunities for people. Although the obsession with materialism may be
relatively recent, economists, educationists, social philosophers, social scientists,
geographers, and policymakers have long been preoccupied with augmenting the “national
treasure” through surplus trade balances, often prioritizing material success over the
development of human lives and values within society. As Segall (1984) defines, “Culture is
nothing but a bunch of independent variables, which might include basic institutions,
subsistence patterns, social organizations, languages, and social rules governing interpersonal
relations.” In this context, the present study seeks to examine the influence of the sociocultural environment of the Deori community in Assam, and to explore the socioeconomic background of the Deori people. The concepts of culture and society are complex
and constantly evolving. While society represents a web of social relationships that
continually change, culture embodies accumulated knowledge and practices transmitted from
generation to generation, adapting over time to shape human behavior and social life.
Key words: Socio-cultural, environment, community.