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This document outlines the course syllabus for two semesters of sociological theory and anthropological thought. In semester 5, it will cover classical sociological theories including those of Comte, Spencer, Durkheim, Weber, structural functionalism, conflict theories, and contemporary theories. In semester 6, it will introduce anthropology and cover early anthropological thought on evolutionism, particularism, and functionalism. It will also examine later developments like culture and personality studies and interpretive anthropology. Both semesters will include readings from Indian thinkers applying anthropological concepts to the Indian context.

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This document outlines the course syllabus for two semesters of sociological theory and anthropological thought. In semester 5, it will cover classical sociological theories including those of Comte, Spencer, Durkheim, Weber, structural functionalism, conflict theories, and contemporary theories. In semester 6, it will introduce anthropology and cover early anthropological thought on evolutionism, particularism, and functionalism. It will also examine later developments like culture and personality studies and interpretive anthropology. Both semesters will include readings from Indian thinkers applying anthropological concepts to the Indian context.

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SEMESTER V PAPER IV THEORETICAL SOCIOLOGY (100 Marks)

Unit I Foundations of Classical Sociological Theory


1. Historical Context:
The Enlightenment (10 marks)
Political Revolution
Religious Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Intellectual Revolution
Contribution of August Comte (20 marks)
Intellectual Influence and historical background
Hierarchy of sciences
Positivism
Types of Society- social statics and dynamics
Law of Three Stages
Contribution of Herbert Spencer (10 marks)
Intellectual Influence and historical background
Social Evolution
Types of Society
Social Darwinism- Principle of survival of fittest and non-interference
2. Emile Durkheim
Intellectual Influence and historical background
Division of labour (20 marks)
 Collective Conscience
 Mechanical and Organic Solidarity
Theory of Suicide (20 marks)
 Definition
 Refutation of existing theories
 Types of suicide
Elementary Forms of Religious Life (20 marks)
 Refutation of existing theories
 Sacred and profane
 Totemism
 Functions of religion
3. Max Weber
Intellectual Influence and historical background
Methodology (10 marks)
 Verstehen Approach
 Ideal Type
Theory of Social Action (10 marks)
 Definition
 Types (Instrumental, Value, Emotional, Traditional)
The Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism (20 marks)
Unit II Structural Functionalism
1. Talcott Parsons
Intellectual Influence and historical background
Voluntaristic Theory of Social Action (10 marks)
Three basic elements (Actor, Situation, Orientation)
Theory on social system (AGIL analysis) (10 marks)

2. Merton’s functionalism (20 marks)


Intellectual Influence and historical background
Definition of function, Postulates of functionalism, Functional
alternatives
Unit III Conflict theories
1. Karl Marx
Intellectual Influence and historical background
• Dialectic Materialism (10 marks)
•Class conflict (20 marks)
• Alienation (10 marks)

2. Ralph Dahrendorf (20 marks)


Conflict Theory , Power and Authority, Functions of social conflict
Unit IV Contemporary Theories
1. Harold Garfinkel :Ethnomethodology (20 marks)
 Emphasis on language
 Two central ideas
Reflexively Accountable Indexicality
 Experiments in ethnomethodology
- Breaching experiment
2. Erving Goffman: Dramaturgy (20 marks)
 Dramaturgical perspective
 Impression management
 Front stage and Back stage
 Outside and borders
 Accounts : excuses and justification
 Self-Awareness , Self-Monitoring and Self- Disclosure
3. Antonio Gramsci (20)
Hegemony and the Ruling Ideas
SEMESTER VI PAPER IV Anthropological Thought (100 Marks)

Unit I Introduction to Anthropology


1. Nature and scope of Anthropology (10 marks)
2. Sub-disciplines within anthropology: (10 marks)
Physical, Cultural, Archaeology, Linguistic,
3. Relation with sociology as a discipline (10 marks)
4. Field methods in Anthropology : (20 marks)
Ethnographic Techniques (Participant Observation, Conversation Interviewing, Genealogical Method, Life Histories,
Emic and Etic research, longitudinal research)

Unit II Early Thought

1. Evolution – Edward Tylor, L.H. Morgan (20 0marks)


2. Historical Particularism – Franz Boas (20 marks)
3. Functionalism- Malinowski’s Theory of Need (10 marks)
4. Colonial Anthropology-
Verrier Elvin’s Methods of a Freelance Anthropologist (10 marks)
Unit III Later Development
1. Culture and Personality- (20 marks)
Margaret Mead’s Coming of Age in Samoa
2. Patterns of Culture – Ruth Benedict (20 marks))

3. Marxian Feminism- Eleanor Burke Leacocke (20 marks)

4. Interpretative Anthropology – Clifford Geertz’: (20 marks)


Thick Description : “Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight”

Unit IV Contemporary Indian Thinkers ( Selected Readings)


1. Virginous Xaxa- 20 marks)
“Tribes and Indian National Identity: Location of Exclusion and Marginality”

2. Nandini Sunder- (20 marks)


“Educating for Inequality: The Experiences of India’s “Indigenous Citizens”

3. Patricia Uberio- (20 marks)


“The Diaspora Comes Home: Disciplining Desire in DDLG”

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