Introducing Western Sociologists
EXERCISES
1. Why is the Enlightenment important for the development of sociology?
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2. How was the Industrial Revolution responsible for giving rise to sociology?
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3. What are the various components of a mode of production?
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4. Why do classes come into conflict, according to Marx?
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5. What are social facts? How do we recognise them?
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6. What is the difference between ‘mechanical’ and ‘organic’ solidarity?
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7. Show, with examples, how moral codes are indicators of social solidarity.
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8. What are the basic features of bureaucracy?
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9. What is special or different about the kind of objectivity needed in social science?
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10. Can you identify any ideas or theories which have led to the formation of social movements in India in recent times?
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11. Try to find out what Marx and Weber wrote about India.
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12. Can you think of reasons why we should study the work of thinkers who died long ago? What could be some reasons to not study them?
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