The term shambles originally is said to be a word for slaughterhouse, now meaning “one heck of a mess.” On taking even a cursory look at our present day society in particular and the country, if not the world, in general, one cannot but recall the scene in which a parent would be telling his son, “You were supposed to clean your room, but it is still in a shambles.” Our society has to own its description as chaotic, disorderly, out of hand and so on at least on one count namely, people having trouble finding a livelihood as the land’s job market is in a shambles as it were, all because of bad organisation. Even a place hit by an earthquake may be left in much better state.
Seasoned sociologists may be able to throw some light on human relationships in addition to development, structure and functioning of human society, with biologists joining them in the study of animal behaviour. The pattern of social interaction among human beings may be traced by the sociologists but their ambit may not include explaining why those changes happen. Maybe, as an offshoot of their pursuit, they have to come out with answers in a field of study that may be called societology, for want of a more appropriate term.
