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Indian Sociological Thinkers (B.A Sociology)

Contributions of G.S. Ghurye, M.N. Srinivas, A.R. Desai, Radhakamal Mukerjee and other Indian sociologists.

6 MonthsDuration 5Chapters24Topics
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01Unit 1: Development of Sociology in India 5 topics
  1. Colonial ethnography and census
  2. Bombay school and Patrick Geddes
  3. Lucknow school
  4. Indological and field-view approaches
  5. Indigenisation of sociology
02Unit 2: G.S. Ghurye 5 topics
  1. Life and works
  2. Indological approach
  3. Caste and Race in India: features of caste
  4. Views on tribes
  5. Studies of sadhus, culture and urbanisation
03Unit 3: M.N. Srinivas 5 topics
  1. Life and works
  2. Field view versus book view
  3. Sanskritisation and Westernisation
  4. Dominant caste
  5. The Remembered Village
04Unit 4: A.R. Desai 5 topics
  1. Life and works
  2. Marxian (dialectical-historical) approach
  3. Social Background of Indian Nationalism
  4. Peasant struggles and rural sociology
  5. State and society in India
05Unit 5: Radhakamal Mukerjee, D.P. Mukerji and Others 4 topics
  1. Radhakamal Mukerjee: social ecology, values, regional sociology
  2. D.P. Mukerji: tradition and modernity, Indian culture
  3. Irawati Karve: kinship organisation
  4. S.C. Dube: village studies and development

About

You will be able to

  • Trace the growth of sociology in India and the Bombay and Lucknow schools
  • Explain Ghurye's Indological approach and his views on caste and tribes
  • Explain Srinivas' field view, Sanskritisation, Westernisation and dominant caste
  • Explain A.R. Desai's Marxian analysis of Indian nationalism and peasant struggles
  • Explain the ideas of Radhakamal Mukerjee, D.P. Mukerji, Irawati Karve and S.C. Dube
  • Compare Indological, structural-functional and Marxian perspectives on Indian society

Who it is for

  • B.A Semester 6 students with Sociology as a major subject (UP State Universities, NEP 2020)
  • UPSC / UPPSC aspirants with sociology as an optional subject

What you need

  • Indian Society and Classical Sociological Thinkers papers of earlier semesters

Questions

Which syllabus does this course follow?

It follows the UP State Universities NEP 2020 common minimum syllabus (MGKVP, VBSPU, Lucknow University and others) for B.A Sociology, Semester 6. Where your own university's syllabus differs, the centre follows your university syllabus.

How will I be tested?

Unit-wise MCQ tests, short and long answer practice in university exam pattern, and a final mock paper.

Which books should I remember?

A list of each thinker's main books with years is given; most objective questions are on these.

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