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Paper: SOC-HC-2016
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READINGS:
Unit 1: On the Plurality of Sociological Perspective (1-2Weeks)
• Bottomore, T. B. (1971). Sociology: A Guide to Problems and Literature. London:
Allen and Unwin. Chapter 2, (pp.29-47).
• Gouldner, Alvin. (1977). Sociology’s Basic Assumptions. In Kenneth Thompson and
Jeremy Tunstall (Eds.). Sociological Perspectives (pp.13-17). New York: Penguin
Books Ltd.
Unit 2: Functionalism (3-4Weeks)
• Durkheim, Emile. (1984). The Division of Labour in Society. Basingstoke: Macmillan.
(pp.149-174).
• Radcliffe Brown, A.R. (1976). Structure and Function in Primitive Society. Free Press
Chapter 9 & 10. (pp.178-204).
Unit 3: Interpretive Sociology (5-6Weeks)
• Weber, Max. (1978). Economy & Society: An Outline of Interpretive Sociology,Vol. 1
California: University of California Press. Basic Concepts. (pp. 4-26).
Unit 4 Conflict Perspective (7-8Weeks)
• Marx, Karl. (1990). Selected Writings in Sociology and Social Philosophy. Penguin
Books Limited. (pp.88-101).
• Dahrendorf, Ralf. (1968). Essays in the Theory of Society. Stanford: Stanford
University Press. Chapters 4 & 5. (pp.107-150).
Unit 5: Structuralism (9-10Weeks)
• Robey, David. (1973). Structuralism: An Introduction (1st ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press.(pp.1-19).
Unit 6: Interactionism (11-12Weeks)
• Magill, Frank N. (1996). International Encyclopaedia of Sociology, Volume 1,
Routledge. (pp.690-693).
• Giddens, Anthony. (2010). Sociology (6th ed.). Polity. Chapter 7, ‘Social Interaction in
Everyday Life’. (pp.247-280).
Unit 7: Feminist Perspective (13-14Weeks)
• Jackson, S. and S. Scott (Eds.). (2002). Gender: A Sociological Reader. London:
Routledge. Introduction. (pp.1-26).
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Paper: SOC-HC-2026
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READINGS:
Unit 1. Ideas of India
a. Gandhi and Ambedkar (Weeks1-2)
• Ambedkar, B. R. (1936). Annihilation of Caste. Jullunder: Bheem Patrika
b. Indological and Ethnographic Approaches (Weeks3-4)
• Uberoi, P. et al. (2008). Introduction: The Professionalization of Indian
Anthropology and Sociology: Peoples, Places and Institutions. In Patricia Uberoi,
Nandini Sundar and Satish Deshpande (Eds.) Anthropology in the East: Founders
of Indian Sociology and Anthropology. New Delhi: Permanent Black. (pp.1-63).
• Dumont, L. and Pocock, D. (1957). For a Sociology of India. Contributions to
Indian Sociology. Vol.1,pp.7-22.
Unit 2: Resistance, Mobilization, Change
a. Dalit Politics (Week5)
• Shah, G. (2001). Dalit Identity and Politics. New Delhi: Sage Publications.(pp.17-43).
b. Mobility and Change (Week6)
• Srinivas, M.N. (1956). A Note on Sanskritization and Westernization. The Far
Eastern Quarterly, 15(4), pp.481-496.
c. Women’s Movement (Week7)
• Menon, N. (Ed.). (1999). Gender and Politics in India. Delhi: Oxford University
Press. (pp.342-369).
d. Peasant Movements (Week8)
• Pouchepadass, J. (1980). Peasant Classes in Twentieth Century Agrarian
Movements in India. In E. Hobsbawm (Ed.) Peasants in History. Delhi: Oxford
University Press.(pp.136-155).
e. Ethnic Movements (Week9)
• Baruah, S. (2010). The Assam Movement. In T.K. Oommen(Ed.) Social
Movements I: Issues of Identity. Delhi: Oxford University Press.(pp.191-208).
f. Middle Class Phenomenon (Week10)
• Deshpande, S. (2003). Contemporary India: A Sociological View. New Delhi:
Penguin Books.(pp.125-150).
Unit 3: Challenges to Civilization, State and Society
a. Communalism (Week11)
• Dumont, L. (1997). Religion, Politics and History in India. Paris: Mouton.(pp.89-110).
b. Secularism (Weeks12-13)
• Kumar, R. (1986). Essays in the Social History of Modern India. Calcutta: Oxford
University Press.(pp.31-46).
• Madan, T.N. (1997). Modern Myths, Locked Minds. Delhi: Oxford University Press.
(pp.233- 265).
c. Nationalism (Week14)
• Oommen, T. K. (1997). Citizenship and National Identity: From Colonialism to
Globalism. New Delhi: Sage Publications.(pp.143-172).
Additional Instruction:
The students are required to explore the contemporary sources on social institutions. With
the aid of visual, oral and other kinds of narratives/representations students, advised and
guided by teachers are expected to arrange discussion sessions, work on assignments,
undertake projects and fieldwork and make presentations week-wise from the onset to the
end of the semester.
Additional Reading:
Ray, N. R. (1973). Nationalism in India: A Historical Analysis of its Stresses and
Strains. Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University Press.
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Paper: SOC-HG-2016
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READINGS:
Unit 1: India as a Plural Society (2Weeks)
• Mason, Philip. (1967). Unity and Diversity: An Introductory Review. In Philip Mason
(Ed.).India and Ceylon: Unity and Diversity. London: Oxford University Press.
Introduction.
• Stern, Robert W. (2003). Changing India. Cambridge: CUP. Introduction: Change,
Societies of India and Indian Society. (pp. 1 –31).
Unit 2 Social Institutions and Practices (8Weeks)
a. Caste
• Srinivas, M.N.(1969). The Caste System in India. In Andre Béteille(Ed.) Social
Inequality: Selected Readings. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.(pp.265-272).
• Srinivas, M.N.(1956).A Note on Sanskritization and Westernization. The Far
Eastern Quarterly, 15(4), pp.481-496.
• Harriss, John. (1989). The Formation of Indian Society: Ideology and Power. In
Hamaza Alavi and John Harriss (Eds.). Sociology of ‘Developing Societies’: South
Asia. London: Macmillan. (pp. 126–133).
b. Tribe
• Haimendorf, C.V.F.(1967).The Position of Tribal Population in India. In Philip
Mason (Ed.).India and Ceylon: Unity and Diversity. New York: Oxford
University Press. Chapter 9.
c. Class
• Thorner, Daniel. (1992). Agrarian Structure. In Dipankar Gupta (Ed.). Social
Stratification in India (pp.261-270). New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
• Deshpande, Satish. (2003).Contemporary India: A Sociological View. New Delhi:
Viking.(pp.125-150).
d. Village
• Srinivas, M.N. (1987).The Dominant Caste and Other Essays. Delhi:
Oxford University Press.(pp.20-59).
e. Family and Kinship
• Shah, A. M. (1998).The Family in India: Critical Essays. New Delhi:
Orient Longman.(pp.52-63).
• Karve, Iravati. (1994). The Kinship map of India. In Patricia Uberoi(Ed.)
Family, Kinship and Marriage in India (pp.50-73). Delhi: Oxford
University Press.
Unit 3: Identities and Change (2Weeks)
• Shah, Ghanshyam. (2001).Dalit Identity and Politics. Delhi: Sage
Publications. Chapter 1 and7.
• Kumar, Radha. (1999). From Chipko to Sati: The Contemporary
Women’s Movement. In Nivedita Menon (Ed.) Gender and Politics in
India (pp. 342- 369).Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Unit 4: Challenges to State and Society (2Weeks)
• Madan, T.N. (1997). Modern Myths and Locked Minds. Delhi: Oxford
University Press. Chapter8.
• Dumont, L. (1997).Religion, Politics and History in India. Paris: Mouton.
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