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DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
SEMESTER – II

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1 B.A. (Hons.) Sociology 02-12

DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE (DSC)
(1) Sociological Perspectives
(2) Social Stratification
(3) Families and Intimacies

2 B.A. Multidisciplinary Studies (Sociology) 13-18

as Major
DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE (DSC)
(1) Sociology of India
(2) Religion and Society

3 B.A. (MDS) with Sociology as Non-Major 19-21

DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE (DSC)
(1) Sociology of India

4 POOL OF GENERIC ELECTIVES 22-30

(1) Gender, Power and Violence
(2) Sociology of Intimate Life
(3) Invitation to Sociological Theory
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Category I

Discipline Specific Courses for BA (Honors) Sociology

(DSC 04, DSC 05, DSC 06)

DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE COURSE – 04: Sociological Perspectives

CREDIT DISTRIBUTION, ELIGIBILITY AND PRE-REQUISITES OF THE
COURSE

Course title Credit Credit distribution of the Eligibility Pre-

& Code s course criteria requisite of
Lecture Tutorial Practical/ the course
Practice (if any)
DSC 04
Sociological 4 3 1 0 Nil Nil
Perspectives

Course Learning Objectives:

1. To introduce students to how society is studied by sociologists.

2. To inculcate the ability to distinguish between different sociological perspectives.
3. To introduce original sociological writing, to familiarize students with the rich texture of
sociological prose and understand the need to engage with complex ideas about society.
4. To make students alive to the productive tension between universal and particular in the
development of theoretical approaches in sociology by understanding the social context
of different theoretical approaches.

Course Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to:

1. Describe major theoretical perspectives in sociology and the context of their emergence.
2. Read and critically engage with the original works of various sociological thinkers and
interpret the central argument.
3. Distinguish and compare different theoretical perspectives in sociology.
4. Use theoretical perspectives to examine social realities.

Outline Syllabus of DSC-4:

Unit 1. On the Plurality of Sociological Perspective (2 Weeks)

Unit 2. Functionalism (3 weeks)
Unit 3. Conflict Perspective (3 Weeks)
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Unit 4. Interpretive Sociology (3 Weeks)
Unit 5. Interactionism (2 Weeks)
Unit 6. Feminist Perspective (1 Week)

Practical component (if any) - NIL

Essential/Recommended Readings:

Unit 1. On the Plurality of Sociological Perspectives (1-2 Weeks)

Willis, Evan, 1996, The Sociological Quest: An Introduction to the Study of Social Life. New
Jersey: Rutgers University Press. Ch. 7. Theory and Method. Pp 107-132.

Unit 2 Functionalism (3-5 Weeks)

Turner, Jonathan. 1987, The Structure of Sociological Theory, New Delhi: Rawat
Publications. Chapter 2, Functional Theorizing. Pp 37-56.

Durkheim, Emile. 1982, The Rules of Sociological Method, New York: Free Press. Chapter 1,
What is a Social Fact? Pp. 50 – 59.

Unit 3. Conflict Perspective (6-8 Weeks)

Sanderson, Stephen. 2007. Conflict Theory. In The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Sociology,

edited George Ritzer, New York: Blackwell Publishing. Pp. 662-665.

Marx, K. and F. Engels. 1969. Selected Works Vol. 1. Moscow: Progress Publishers. Pp.
502‐ 506 (Abstract of Preface from A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy).

Marx, Karl and Fredrich Engels. 1977. The Manifesto of the Communist Party. In The
Selected Works, Volume I. Moscow: Progress Publishers. Pp. 108-119.

Unit 4. Interpretive Sociology (9-11 Weeks)

Freund, Julien, 1970, The Sociology of Max Weber, Penguin Books. Chapter 3, Interpretative
Sociology. Pp 87-116.

Weber, Max., 2004. Science as a Vocation. in David Owen and Tracy Strong eds. Max
Weber: The Vocation Lectures. 2004. Indianapolis/ Cambridge, Hachette Publishing
Company. pp.1-31.
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Unit 5. Interactionism (12-13 Weeks)

Giddens, Anthony, 2010, Sociology, 6th edition, Polity, Chapter 7, ‘Social Interaction in
Everyday Life’, Pp. 247-280.

Goffman, Erving, 1979. Gender Advertisements, New York: Harper and Row Publications,
Chapter 1, Gender Display. Pp. 1-9.

Unit 6. Feminist Perspective (Week 14)

Jackson, S. and S. Scott (eds.), 2002, Gender: A Sociological Reader, London: Routledge,
Introduction, & Liz Stanley, Should ‘Sex’ Really be ‘Gender’-Or ‘Gender’ Really be ‘Sex’?,
Pp. 1‐ 26, Pp 31-41.

Suggested Readings:

Blumer, Herbert. 2002 ‘Symbolic Interactionism’ from Craig Calhoun (ed.) Contemporary
Sociological Theory. Oxford: Blackwell. Pp. 66 – 77.

Scott, S. Making Sense of Everyday Life. Cambridge: Polity Press. Chapter 2 Theorizing the
Mundane. Pp 10-32.

Smith, Dorothy E. 1987, The Everyday World as Problematic. Boston: North West
University Press. Chapter 2. A Sociology for Women. Pp. 49-69.

Keywords:

Sociological Perspectives, Functionalism, Interpretive Sociology, Conflict Perspective,

Interactionism, Feminist Perspective

Note: Examination scheme and mode shall be as prescribed by the Examination Branch,
University of Delhi, from time to time.
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DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE COURSE –05: Social Stratification

CREDIT DISTRIBUTION, ELIGIBILITY AND PRE-REQUISITES OF THE

COURSE

Course title Credits Credit distribution of the Eligibility Pre-

& Code course criteria requisite
Lecture Tutorial Practical/ of the
Practice course
(if any)
DSC 05
Social
4 3 1 0 Nil Nil
Stratification

Course Learning Objectives:

1. To introduce social stratification which is the systematic study of structured social
inequalities as a substantive area that lies at the heart of sociology.
2. To introduce students to theoretical perspectives and empirical studies that are integral to
the discipline.
3. To teach students how social inequality is constituted as a sociological problematique
4. To familiarize students with key concepts and theoretical perspectives that inform the
study of stratification.
5. To examine key axes of stratification such as caste, class, gender, ethnicity and race and
their intersections.
6. To familiarize students with key processes of stratification: social mobility and social
reproduction.
7. To appraise students of the multiple operations of social inequalities and the reproduction
of inequality in society.

Course Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to:
1. Recognize social inequalities as a multifarious and culturally specific social reality.
2. Define the concepts, outline the principal theories and recall the critical debates in the
arena of social stratification.
3. Appreciate the significance of sociological knowledge of social stratification for public
discourse and translate the conceptual learning into well formulated sociological research
projects.

Outline Syllabus of DSC-05:

Unit I: Understanding Social Stratification (3 Weeks)

Unit II: Social Stratification: Axes and Issues (11 Weeks)
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a. Caste
b. Class
c. Gender
d. Ethnicity
e. Race
f. Social Mobility and Social Reproduction

Practical component (if any) - NIL

Essential/Recommended Readings:

Unit I: Understanding Social Stratification (Weeks 1-3)

Mills, C. Wright. (1963), The Sociology of Stratification. In Power, Politics and People: The
Collected Essays of C. Wright Mills. New York: OUP. Pp 305-323.

Gerald D. Berreman. (1972) ‘Race, Caste, And Other Invidious Distinctions in Social
Stratification’, In Race and Class, 13:4. Pp 385-414.

Grusky, David B. (2008), Social Stratification: Class, Race and Gender in Sociological
Perspective, Philadelphia: Westview Press. Pp. 30-32, 41-48.

Unit II: Social Stratification: Axes and Issues (Weeks 4-14)

a. Caste

Gupta, Dipankar. (1991), Ed. Social Stratification. Delhi: Oxford University Press. Pp. 23-34,
74-92, 195-212.
Deliege, Robert. (1999), The Untouchables of India. Oxford: Berg. Pp. 89-115, 124-134.

b. Class

Joyce, Patrick. Ed. (1995) Class, Oxford: OUP. Pp. 21-40, 43-55.

Gupta, Dipankar. (1991), Social Stratification. Delhi: OUP. Pp. 227-230, 248-275.

c. Gender

Mullings, Leith. (1988), ‘Notes On Women, Work and Society’, In Johnnetta B. Cole. Ed.
Anthropology for the Nineties. New York: The Free Press. 312-320.
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Collins, Patrica Hill. (Fall 1993), ‘Toward a New Vision: Race Class and Gender as
Categories of analysis and Connection’ in Race, Sex & Class, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 25-45.

d. Ethnicity

Hutchinson, John and Anthony D. Smith. (1996), Ethnicity. Oxford: OUP. Pp. 17-18, 28-31,
35-45, 197-202; 301-304.

e. Race

Back, Les and John Solomos. eds. (2009), Theories of Race and Racism: A Reader. Pp. 181-
188.
Grusky, David B. (2008), Social Stratification: Class, Race and Gender in Sociological
Perspective, Philadelphia: Westview Press. 3e. Pp. 691- 709.

f. Social Mobility and Social Reproduction:

Keister, Lisa A., Darby E. Southgate. (2012), Inequality: A Contemporary Approach to Race,
Class, and Gender. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 8. Social Mobility. Pp.
294-313

Lareau, Annette. (2008), ‘Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race and Family Life’ in David B.
Grusky, Social Stratification: Class, Race and Gender in Sociological Perspective,
Philadelphia: Westview Press. Pp.926-936.

***
Suggested Readings:
Béteille, A. (1965), Caste, Class and Power: Berkeley. The University of California.

Bourdieu, Pierre. (1984), Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste.

Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University.

Dumont, L. (1980) Homo Hierarchicus: the caste system and its implications. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press.

Mills, C Wright. (1956) The Power Elite. New York: Oxford University Press.

Quigley, D. (1993). The Interpretation of caste. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

Sharma, B. D. (1989) The Web of Poverty. Shillong: North-east university Press.

Subramanian, Ajantha. (2019) The Caste of Merit: Engineering Education in India,

Cambridge: Harvard.
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Tilly, Charles. (1998) Durable Inequality. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

Veblen, Thorstein. (1973) The Theory of the Leisure Class. Boston: Houghton Mifflin
Company.

Wilkinson, Richard and Kate Pickett. (2011), The spirit level: Why greater equality makes
Societies Stronger. New York: Bloomsbury Press.

Wright, Erik Olin. (2005). Approaches to Class Analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.

Keywords:

Inequality, intersectionality, caste, class, gender, ethnicity, race, social mobility, Social
Reproduction, cultural capital.

Note: Examination scheme and mode shall be as prescribed by the Examination Branch,
University of Delhi, from time to time.
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DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE COURSE – 06: Families and Intimacies

CREDIT DISTRIBUTION, ELIGIBILITY AND PRE-REQUISITES OF THE
COURSE

Course Credits Credit distribution of the Eligibility Pre-

title & course criteria requisite of
Code Lecture Tutorial Practical/ the course
Practice (if any)
DSC 06
Families
4 3 1 0 Nil Nil
and
Intimacies

Course Learning Objectives:

1. This course seeks to sociologically examine the worlds of family, intimacy and marriage
in their diverse forms while understanding changes in its structures and experiences of it.
2. The course will equip students with a critical understanding of basic concepts and
sociological explanations of the way in which socially embedded relationships of affect in
the family and intimate relationships intersect with economies of power, work, and
control over resources in contemporary societies.

Course Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to:

1. Examine the institutions of family and marriage as pivotal social institutions of intimacy
from a sociological and socio-anthropological perspective.
2. Discuss historical and socio-cultural perspectives on the understanding of marriage,
family and intimacy.
3. Problematise universality and outline and observe the structural and experiential realities
of marriage and family.
4. Identify the variations in family structures and experiences using ethnographic accounts
from different socio-cultural contexts.
5. Describe the critical implications of family change as they are related to social policy and
legal issues.
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Outline Syllabus of DSC-06:

Unit 1: An Invitation to Families & Intimacies
This unit familiarises students with the basic sociological concepts of marriage and family
which are regarded as pivotal institutions of intimacy for all societies. It also explains the
historical changes that these institutions have undergone.
Unit 2: Familial Worlds
The unit examines different familial worlds with an emphasis on kinship, gender, body and
demography in India and other parts of the world.
Unit 3: Marriage & Intimacies
In this Unit the focus is on exploring the ways in which marriage and family have been
comprehended in contemporary societies. It also focuses on the impact of technology on
family and intimacy.
Practical component (if any) - NIL

Essential/Recommended Readings:

Unit 1. An Invitation to Families & Intimacies (1-5 Weeks)

Becker, G. S. (1991). A Treatise on the Family. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 342-
349.
Gough, K E. (1968). Is the Family Universal: The Nayar Case, in Norman W. Bill and Ezra
F. Vogel (ed). A Modern Introduction to the Family, New York: The Free Press, 80-96.
Uberoi, P. (2003). The Family in India: Beyond the Nuclear Versus Joint Debate, in Veena
Das(ed.). The Oxford Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology, Delhi: Oxford
University Press, 1061-1092.
Renate B. (1982). The Family: A View from a Room of Her Own, in Barrie Thorne and
Marilyn Yalom eds. Rethinking the Family: Some Feminist Questions, Boston: North-western
University Press, 225 – 235.
Jeffery, R., & Jeffery, P. (1997). Population, gender and politics: Demographic change in
rural north India (Vol. 3). Cambridge University Press. Chapter 4. Women’s Agency and
Fertility. Pp-117-164.

Unit 2. Familial Worlds (6-10 Weeks)

Shah, A. M. (2014). The Writings of A. M. Shah: The Household and Family in India.
Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan, 286-328.
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Dube, L. (1997). Women and Kinship: Comparative Perspectives on Gender in South and
South-East Asia. Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 34-48.
Lamb, S. (2000). White Saris and Sweet Mangoes: Aging, Gender, and Body in North India.
Berkley: University of California Press, 115-143.
Reddy, G. (2006). The bonds of love: companionate marriage and the desire for intimacy
among Hijras in Hyderabad, India. Modern loves: the anthropology of romantic courtship and
companionate marriage, 174-193.2.5.
Hochschild, A. (1989.) The Second Shift: New York: Penguin, 11-33.

Unit 3. Intimacies & Marriage (11-14 Weeks) 67 pages

Jamieson, L. (2011). Intimacy as a concept: Explaining Social Change in the Context of
Globalization or another form of ethnocentrism? Sociological Research Online, 16(4), 151-
163.
Leach, E. R. (1955). 199. Polyandry, Inheritance and the Definition of Marriage. Man, 55, 182-
186
Palriwala, R and R. Kaur. (2014). Introduction: Marriage in South Asia in Stacey, J. (2011).
Unhitched: Love, Marriage, and Family Values from West Hollywood to Western China. New
York: New York University Press, 122-151.
Kaur, R., & Dhanda, P. (2014). Surfing for spouses: Marriage websites and the ‘New’ Indian
Marriage. Marrying in South Asia: Shifting Concepts, Changing Practices in a Globalising
World, 271-292.

Suggested Readings

Charsley, Katharine. 2005, "Unhappy husbands: Masculinity and migration in transnational

Pakistani marriages." Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 11, no. 1, Pp 85-105.
Cherlin, Andrew J. “The Deinstitutionalization of American Marriage.” Journal of Marriage
and the Family 66, Pp 848-861.
Chowdhry, P., 1998, ‘Enforcing Cultural Codes: Gender and Violence in Northern India’, in
M. E. John and J. Nair (eds.), A Question of Silence: The Sexual Economies of Modern
India, New Delhi: Kali for Women, Pp. 332-67.
Lambert, Helen. 2000. ‘Sentiment and substance in North Indian forms of relatedness’, in
Cultures of Relatedness, edited by Janet Carsten, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Pp73-89.
Palriwala, Rajni. 1999. “Negotiating Patriliny: Intra‐ household Consumption and Authority
in Rajasthan (India)", in Rajni Palriwala and Carla Risseeuw (eds.), Shifting Circles of
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Support: Contextualising kinship and gender relations in South Asia and Sub‐ Saharan,
Africa. Delhi: Sage Publications, Pp.190‐ 220.
Parry Jonathan. 2001. Ankalu's Errant Wife: Sex, Marriage and Industry in Contemporary
Chhattisgarh, Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 35, No. 4, Pp. 783-820.
Reddy, Gayatri. 2005. With Respect to Sex: Negotiating Hijra Identity in South India.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Pp142-185
Roseneil, Sasha, and Shelley Budgeon. 2004. "Cultures of intimacy and care beyond ‘the
family’: Personal life and social change in the early 21st century." Current Sociology 52, no.
2 Pp 135-159.

Keywords- Familial worlds, family, household, marriage, gender, intimacies, person

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Category II
(BA Multidisciplinary Studies (Sociology), Courses for Undergraduate Programme of
study with Sociology discipline as one of the Core Disciplines)
(DSC 03 (Required for Major and Minor in Sociology),
DSC 04(Required for Major in Sociology))

DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE COURSE – 03: Sociology of India

CREDIT DISTRIBUTION, ELIGIBILITY AND PRE-REQUISITES OF THE

COURSE

Course Credits Credit distribution of the course Eligibility Pre-requisite

title & Lecture Tutorial Practical/ criteria of the course
Code Practice (if any)
DSC 03
Sociology 4 3 1 0 Nil Nil
of India

Course Learning Objective:

1. To provide an outline of the institutions and processes of Indian society.

2. To initiate students into viewing Indian society through a sociological lens.
3. To enable students to understand important social structures of Indian society.

Course Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to:

1. Recognize the bases of plurality of Indian society.

2. Outline the concepts of caste, tribe, class, village, and religion.
3. Debate the basis of order and dynamics of social change in India.

Outline Syllabus of DSC-03:

Unit I. Introducing India (2 Weeks)
Unit II. India as a Plural Society (1 Week)
Unit III. Social Institutions, Processes and Change (11 Weeks)
a. Caste

b. Tribe

c. Class
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d. Village

e. Religion
Practical component (if any) - NIL
Essential/Recommended Readings:
Unit I. Introducing India (Weeks 1-2)
Stern, Robert W. 2003. Changing India. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 16-31.

Unit II. India as a Plural Society. (Week 3)

Mason, P. 1967. “Unity and Diversity: An Introductory Review” in Philip Mason(ed.) India
and Ceylon: Unity and Diversity. London: Oxford University Press, Introduction. Pp. 1-29

Unit III. Social Institutions, Processes, and Change. (Weeks 4-12)

a. Caste
Ambedkar, B.R. 1977. “Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development,”
Jullundhur, Bhim Patrika. Pp 2-32.

Srinivas, M.N., 1956, “A Note on Sanskritization and Westernization”, The Far Eastern
Quarterly, Volume 15, No. 4, pp 481-496.

b. Tribe
Xaxa, V. Tribes in India, in Veena Das ed. The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and
Social Anthropology Vol I. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp..373 – 408.

c. Class
Dhanagare, D.N., 1991, “The Model of Agrarian Classes in India”, in Dipankar Gupta(ed.),
Social Stratification. Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 271-275.

Deshpande, S. 2003. “The Centrality of Middle Class” in Contemporary India: A

Sociological View, Viking Bombay. Pp. 125-150.

d. Village
Desai, A. R. 1978, Rural Sociology, 5e. Bombay: Popular Prakashan. Pp.10-16

Srinivas, M.N and Shah, A.M. 1960. “The Myth of Self Sufficiency of the Indian Village”, in
The Economic Weekly, Vol. 12, No.37, (10 Sep. 1960), Pp. 1375-1378.

Jodhka, S. S. 2002. Nation and Village: Images of Rural India in Gandhi, Nehru and
Ambedkar”, in Economic and Political Weekly Vol. 37, No. 32 (Aug. 10-16, 2002), pp. 3343-
3353.

e. Religion
Madan, T.N. 2003. “Plurality and Pluralism”, The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and
Social Anthropology, Vol I. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp.775-801.
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4. Issues and Challenges in Contemporary India. (Weeks 13-14)
Kumar, Radha. 1999. From Chipko to Sati: The Contemporary Women’s Movement‟, in
Nivedita Menon (ed.) Gender and Politics in India. Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 342-
369.
Weiner, Myron. Migration, in, Veena Das. Ed. 2006. Oxford Hand Book of Indian Sociology,
Delhi: OUP. pp. 156-171.

Suggested Readings:
Ahmad, I. 1983. “Modernization and Social Change among Muslims in India,” Delhi,
Manohar.
Ambedkar, B. R. 2007. Annihilation of Caste New Delhi : Critical Quest.
Gupta, D. (ed) (1991). Social Stratification. Delhi. Oxford University Press.

Dumont, L. 1997, Religion, Politics, and History in India, Paris: Mouton, Chapter 5. Pp. 89-
110.

Eck, D. 2012. India: A Sacred Geography, New York: Harmony Books, Chapter 2, What is
India? Pp. 42-105

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.
Madan, V. (ed.) 2002. The Village in India. Delhi: Oxford University Press; Introduction
Nehru, J.N. 1946. The Discovery of India. Calcutta, Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund.

Oommen, T.K. 2019. “Religious pluralism and Linguistics diversity”, in T. K. Oommen and
C.N. Venugopal (eds), Sociology, Lucknow: EBC Publishing. Pp. 262-296.

Roy Burman, B.K., 2002. “Challenges and Responses in Tribal India” in M.S.A. Rao (ed)
Social Movements in India Delhi: Manohar .

Shah, Ghanshyam (2001). Dalit Identity and Politics. Delhi: Sage Publications, Chapter 1
and chapter 7.
Singh, Y. (1986). Modernization of Indian Tradition, Delhi: Rawat Publication.

Thorner, D. (1992). ‟Agrarian Structure‟ in Dipankar Gupta (ed.), Social Stratification in

India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 261-270.
Xaxa, V. (1999). “The Transformation of Tribes in India: Terms of Discourse”, Economic
and Political Weekly, 34 (24), pp. 1519-1524.

Zelliot, E. (2004). “Caste in Contemporary India” in Robin Rinehart (Ed). Contemporary

Hinduism: Ritual, culture, and practice, California: ABC-CLIO. Pp. 243-271.

Keywords:
India, Caste, Tribe, Class, Village, Religion, Women’s Movements, Secularism.
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DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE COURSE – 04: Religion and Society

CREDIT DISTRIBUTION, ELIGIBILITY AND PRE-REQUISITES OF THE

COURSE

Course Credits Credit distribution of the Eligibility Pre-requisite

title & course criteria of the course
Code Lecture Tutorial Practical/ (if any)
Practice
DSC 04
Religion
4 3 1 0 Nil Nil
and
Society

Course Learning Objectives:

1. To introduce the basics of how sociologists study religion and introduce concepts such as
beliefs, practices, and religious organisations.
2. To offer an empirical and comparative view of religion and its role in society.
3. To familiarize students with different sociological approaches to studying religion.
4. To learn about diverse manifestations of religion in societies
5. To become familiar with some contemporary religious practices in different societies.

Course Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to:
1. Identify and compare different sociological approaches to the study of religion
2. Critically read, analyse and write about religious issues and problems sociologically.
3. Use theoretical models for understanding empirical cases of religion through readings and
observation.
4. Discuss the role of religion in social and political processes and transformations
supported by sociological research.
5. Examine sociologically the intersection of religion with everyday life of individuals,
social institutions and other spheres of state and society

Outline Syllabus of DSC-04:

Unit I. Introduction to Sociology of Religion (6 Weeks)
a. Meaning and Scope
b. Sacred and Profane
c. Religion and Rationalization
d. Religion as a cultural system
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Unit II. Myth, Body, and Rituals as elements of Religion (6 Weeks)
a. Ritual
b. Body
c. Myth

Unit III. Contemporary Issues in Religion (2 Weeks)

a. Religion and Media
b. Secularism

Practical component (if any) - NIL

Essential/Recommended Readings:

Unit I. Introduction to Sociology of Religion: ( Weeks 01-06)

a. Meaning and Scope

Béteille, A. 2002. Sociology: Essays on Approach and Method. OUP: New Delhi, Pp 134-
150.
Berger, P. 1967. The Sacred Canopy. Garden City: New York, Pp175‐ 186.

b. Sacred and Profane

Durkheim, E. 2001. The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life. Carol Cosman (trans).
Oxford: Oxford University Press, Pp 25‐ 46; 87‐ 100; 153‐ 182.

c. Religion and Rationalization

Weber, Max. 1905. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, New York: Free Press,
Pp 102-125

d. Religion as a Cultural System

Geertz, C. 2008. Religion as a Cultural System. In Michael Lambek (ed.) A Reader in the
Anthropology of Religion. Blackwell Publishing Limited. Pp.57-76

Unit II. Myth, Ritual and the Body ( Weeks 07-12)

Fuller, C.J. 2004. The Camphor Flame: Popular Hinduism and Society in India. (Revised
ed.) Princeton University Press. Pp. 204-223

Hertz, Robert. 1973 (1909). "The Pre-eminence of the Right Hand." In Right and Left: Essays
on Dual Symbolic Classification, edited by R. Needham. Chicago: University of Chicago
Press, Pp. 3-10, 13-14, 16-17, 19-21.

Uberoi, J.P.S. 1997 ‘The Five Symbols of Sikhism”, in T.N Madan (ed) Religions in India.
Delhi: OUP, Pp 320-332.
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Pangborn, Cyrus R. 1991. Parsi Zoroastrian Myth and Ritual: Some Problems of their
Relevance for Death and Dying. In T.N. Madan Ed. Religion in India OUP, India. Pp. 415-
430

Ostor, Akos. 1991. Cyclical Time: Durgapuja in Bengal: Concepts, Actions, Objects. In T.N.
Madan Ed. Religion in India OUP, India. Pp. 176-198

Srinivas, M. N. 1952. Religion and Society among the Coorgs of South India. Clarendon:
Oxford, Pp100-122.

Unit III. Contemporary Issues in Religion (Weeks 13-14)

Stolow, Jeremy. 2010. “Religion, Media, and Globalization” in Turner (Eds) The New
Blackwell companion to Sociology of Religion. Wiley-Blackwell Pp 544-562

Madan, T.N. 1991. ‘Secularism in its Place’ in T. N. Madan, T.N. (ed.) Religion in India.
New Delhi: OUP, Pp 394 ‐ 413.

Suggested Readings:

Asad, T. 2008. The Construction of Religion as an Anthropological Category. In Michael

Lambek (ed.) A Reader in the Anthropology of Religion. Blackwell Publishing Limited. Pp.
110-126

A. Babb and Susan S. Wadley (ed.) 1998. Media and the Transformation of Religion in South
Asia. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Pp.139-166.
Eck, D. 1996. Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in India. Columbia University Press. NY.

Ortner, S.B. 2008. On key Symbols. In Michael Lambek (ed.) A Reader in the Anthropology
of Religion. Blackwell Publishing Limited. Pp.151-159.

Key Words:
Rituals, Sacred, Profane, Myth, Secularism, Pilgrimage, Festival
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Category III
Sociology Courses for Undergraduate Programme of study with Sociology as one
of the Core Disciplines
(Discipline Specific Core courses for B.A. (MDS) with Sociology as non-Major /
Minor discipline)

DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE COURSE – 03: Sociology of India

CREDIT DISTRIBUTION, ELIGIBILITY AND PRE-REQUISITES OF THE

COURSE

Course Credits Credit distribution of the Eligibility Pre-requisite

title & course criteria of the course
Code Lecture Tutorial Practical/ (if any)
Practice
DSC 03 Should have
Sociology 4 3 1 0 Nil Done DSC
of India (MDS) 01

Course Learning Objective:

1. This paper aims to provide an outline of the institutions and processes of Indian society.
2. The central objective is to initiate students into studying Indian society through a
sociological lens.
3. The students will be able to identify key social structures of Indian society.

Course Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to:

1. Recognize the bases of plurality of Indian society.

2. Explain the concepts of caste, tribe, class, village, and religion.
3. Examine the dynamics of social change in India.

Outline Syllabus of DSC-03:

Unit I. Introducing India (2 Weeks)
Unit II. India as a Plural Society (1 Week)
Unit III. Social Institutions, Processes and Change (11 Weeks)
f. Caste

g. Tribe

h. Class
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i. Village

j. Religion

Practical component (if any) - NIL

Essential/Recommended Readings:
Unit I. Introducing India (Weeks 1-2)
Stern, Robert W. 2003. Changing India. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 16-31.

Unit II. India as a Plural Society. (Week 3)

Mason, P. 1967. “Unity and Diversity: An Introductory Review” in Philip Mason(ed.) India
and Ceylon: Unity and Diversity. London: Oxford University Press, Introduction. Pp. 1-29

Unit III. Social Institutions, Processes, and Change. (Weeks 4-12)

c. Caste
Ambedkar, B.R. 1977. “Castes in India: Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development,”
Jullundhur, Bhim Patrika. Pp 2-32.

Srinivas, M.N., 1956, “A Note on Sanskritization and Westernization”, The Far Eastern
Quarterly, Volume 15, No. 4, pp 481-496.

d. Tribe
Xaxa, V. Tribes in India, in Veena Das ed. The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and
Social Anthropology Vol I. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp..373 – 408.

c. Class
Dhanagare, D.N., 1991, “The Model of Agrarian Classes in India’, in Dipankar Gupta(ed.),
Social Stratification. Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 271-275.

Deshpande, S. 2003. “The Centrality of Middle Class” in Contemporary India: A

Sociological View, Viking Bombay. Pp. 125-150.

f. Village
Desai, A. R. 1978, Rural Sociology, 5e. Bombay: Popular Prakashan. Pp.10-16

Srinivas, M.N and Shah, A.M. 1960. “The Myth of Self Sufficiency of the Indian Village”, in
The Economic Weekly, Vol. 12, No.37, (10 Sep. 1960), Pp. 1375-1378.

Jodhka, S. S. 2002. Nation and Village: Images of Rural India in Gandhi, Nehru and
Ambedkar”, in Economic and Political Weekly Vol. 37, No. 32 (Aug. 10-16, 2002), pp. 3343-
3353.

g. Religion
Madan, T.N. 2003. “Plurality and Pluralism”, The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and
Social Anthropology, Vol I. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2003. Pp.775-801.
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4. Issues and Challenges in Contemporary India. (Weeks 13-14)
Kumar, Radha. 1999. From Chipko to Sati: The Contemporary Women’s Movement‟, in
Nivedita Menon (ed.) Gender and Politics in India. Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 342-
369.
Weiner, Myron. Migration, in, Veena Das. Ed. 2006. Oxford Hand Book of Indian Sociology,
Delhi: OUP. pp. 156-171.

Suggested Readings:
Ahmad, I. 1983. “Modernization and Social Change among Muslims in India,” Delhi,
Manohar.
Ambedkar, B. R. 2007. Annihilation of Caste New Delhi : Critical Quest.
Gupta, D. (ed) (1991). Social Stratification. Delhi. Oxford University Press.

Dumont, L. 1997, Religion, Politics, and History in India, Paris: Mouton, Chapter 5. Pp. 89-
110.

Eck, D. 2012. India: A Sacred Geography, New York: Harmony Books, Chapter 2, What is
India? Pp. 42-105

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.
Madan, V. (ed.) 2002. The Village in India. Delhi: Oxford University Press; Introduction
Nehru, J.N. 1946. The Discovery of India. Culcutta, Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund.

Oommen, T.K. 2019. “Religious pluralism and Linguistics diversity”, in T. K. Oommen and
C.N. Venugopal (eds), Sociology, Lucknow: EBC Publishing. Pp. 262-296.

Roy Burman, B.K., 2002. “Challenges and Responses in Tribal India” in M.S.A. Rao (ed)
Social Movements in India Delhi: Manohar .

Shah, Ghanshyam (2001). Dalit Identity and Politics. Delhi: Sage Publications, Chapter 1
and chapter 7.
Singh, Y. (1986). Modernization of Indian Tradition, Delhi: Rawat Publication.

Thorner, D. (1992). ‟Agrarian Structure‟ in Dipankar Gupta (ed.), Social Stratification in

India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 261-270.
Xaxa, V. (1999). “The Transformation of Tribes in India: Terms of Discourse”, Economic
and Political Weekly, 34 (24), pp. 1519-1524.

Zelliot, E. (2004). “Caste in Contemporary India” in Robin Rinehart (Ed). Contemporary

Hinduism: Ritual, culture, and practice, California: ABC-CLIO. Pp. 243-271.

Keywords:
India, Caste, Tribe, Class, Village, Religion, Women’s Movement, Secularism.
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COMMON POOL OF GENERIC ELECTIVES (GE)

GENERIC ELECTIVES (GE-04): Gender, Power and Violence

Credit distribution, Eligibility and Pre-requisites of the Course

Course Credits Credit distribution of the Eligibility Pre-requisite

title & course criteria of the course
Code Lecture Tutorial Practical/
Practice
GE 04
Gender,
Power 4 3 1 Nil Nil Nil
and
Violence

Course Learning Objective:

1. To examine the varied expressions and ramifications of gendered violence in a variety of
contexts.

2. To understand and analyse gender violence as both routine and spectacular, and
structural, symbolic and situated.

3. To explain how gender is socially constructed, and increase awareness of the presence of
gender violence on multiple bodies in varied locations and contexts.

4. To identify and analyze social movements and everyday forms of resistance against
gender violence.

Course Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to:

1. Establish the connections between the social construction of gender across cultures and
the forms and experiences of gender violence.

2. Describe and debate different theoretical perspectives on the genesis and manifestation of
gender violence across societies and cultures and its personal, social, cultural, political
and economic consequences.

3. Analyze the significance of public discourse in general and the role of the state and public
policy in addressing and curbing gender violence.

4. Debate individual and collective struggles and strategies used to resist gender violence.
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Syllabus of GE 04:

Unit I. Conceptual Frameworks for understanding Gender and Violence (6 Weeks)

a. Deconstructing Gender and Gendered Violence
b. Embodiments of Violence: Multiplicities & Responses
Unit II. Intersectional Debates (6 Weeks)
a. Power & Violence: Individuals & Community
b. Nation-States, (In) Security & Sexual Violence
c. Invisibilized Vulnerabilities
Unit III. Legal Discourses on Gender Violence: Local and Global Experiences (2
Weeks)

Practical component (if any) - NIL

Essential/Recommended Readings:
Unit I. Conceptual Frameworks for understanding Gender and Violence: (Weeks-1-6)

a. Deconstructing Gender and Gendered Violence

Boyle Karen. (2019). ‘What’s in a Name? Theorizing the inter-relationships of gender and
violence’. Feminist Theory 2019. Vol 20(1) 19-36

Merry, Sally Engle. (2009). ‘Introduction’ in Gender Violence: Cultural Perspective. Wiley-
Blackwell. Chap. 1.

Gwen Hunnicutt. (2009), ‘Varieties of Patriarchy and Violence against Women: Resurrecting
“Patriarchy” as a Theoretical Tool’ in Violence against Women. Volume 15 (5) May, Pp 553-
573.

b. Embodiments of Violence: Multiplicities & Responses

Desai, Manali. (2016). ‘Gendered Violence and India’s Body Politic’ in New Left Review 99
pp 67-83

Anthias, Floya (2014). ‘The Intersections of Class, Gender, Sexuality and 'Race': The
Political Economy of Gendered Violence’ in International Journal of Politics, Culture, and
Society, Vol. 27, No. 2 pp. 153-171.

Unit II. Exploring intersectional debates: (Weeks 7-12)

a. Power & Violence: Individuals & Community

Sujatha, D. (2014), ‘Redefining Domestic Violence: Experiences of Dalit Women’ in

Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 49, No. 47 pp. 19-22
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Durfee, Alesha. (2011). “I’m Not a Victim, She’s an Abuser”: Masculinity, Victimization,
and Protection Orders.” in Gender & Society 25 (3): 316–34.

Loy, Pamela Hewitt, and Lea P. Stewart. (1984), 'The Extent and Effects of the Sexual
Harassment of Working Women'. Sociological Focus 17.1 : 31-43.

b. Nation-States, (In) Security & Sexual Violence

Gaikwad, Namrata. (2009). ‘Revolting bodies, hysterical state: women protesting the Armed
Forces Special Powers Act (1958)’ in Contemporary South Asia. Vol. 17, No. 3, September
2009, 299–311.

Henry, Nicola. (2016). ‘Theorizing Wartime Rape: Deconstructing Gender, Sexuality, and
Violence’ in Gender and Society, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 44-56.
c. Invisibilized Vulnerabilities

Sumit Dutta, Shamshad Khan & Robert Lorway (2019). ‘Following the divine: an
ethnographic study of structural violence among transgender Jogappas in South India’ in
Culture, Health & Sexuality. 21(11), 1240–1256.

Mantilla, Karla. (2013). ‘Gender trolling: Misogyny Adapts to New Media’ in Feminist
Studies Vol 39. No. 2. pp 563-570.

Unit III. Legal Discourses on Gender Violence: (Weeks 13-14)

Otto, Dianne. (2019). ‘Gender Violence and Human Rights’ in Laura J Shepherd edited
Handbook on Gender and Violence, Pp. 357-376.

Agnes, Flavia. (2016). ‘Muslim Women's Rights and Media Coverage’. Economic and
Political Weekly, Vol. 51, No. 22. pp. 13-16.

Audio Visual Materials: Recommended for screening and Tutorial discussion

A Girl in the River: The Price for Forgiveness (Pakistan): Dir. Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy: 40
mins
A Pinch of Skin (India): Dir. Priya Goswami: 28 mins
Kony 2012 (Uganda): Dir. Jason Russell: 30 mins
Sri Lanka’s Killing Fields: Dir. Callum Macrae: 49 mins

Keywords:
Gender, Violence, Intersectionality, Embodiment, Sexual harassment, Vulnerability Law,
Rights
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GENERIC ELECTIVES (GE-05): Sociology of Intimate Life

Credit distribution, Eligibility and Pre-requisites of the Course

Course Credits Credit distribution of the Eligibility Pre-requisite

title & course criteria of the course
Code Lecture Tutorial Practical/
Practice
GE 05
Sociology
of 4 3 1 Nil Nil Nil
Intimate
Life

Course Learning Objectives:

1. To introduce students to some of the processes that shape intimate life in contemporary
societies.
2. To explore the concept of intimacy and map the historical transformations this
phenomenon has undergone.
3. To chart the configuration of intimacy in our times in multiple dimensions such as
institutions, gender, sexuality, love and care.
4. To initiate discussion about ideals of equality and compassion in intimate relations.

Course Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to:

1. Outline sociological conceptions of Intimacy.

2. Describe the historical transformation of intimate relations and their present status.
3. Appreciate the significance of intimate relationships in weaving and sustaining the social
fabric.
4. Apply this understanding of the interconnections between the public and private realms
into policy making.

Syllabus of GE 05:
Unit I Intimacy: An Introduction (3 Weeks)
Unit II Themes in Sociology of Intimacy (11 Weeks)
a. Institutions and Intimacies
b. Gender, Sexuality and Intimacy
c. Intimacy and Love
d. Intimacy and Care
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e. Intimacy and Democracy

Practical component (if any) - NIL

Essential/Recommended Readings:
Unit I. Intimacy: An Introduction (Weeks 01-03)
Jamieson, Lynn. (1998). Introduction, Chapters 1 & 2. In Intimacy: Personal Relationships in
Modern Societies. (pp. 1-42). Polity Press.

Unit II. Themes in Sociology of Intimacy Weeks (04-14)

a. Institutions and Intimacies:
Coontz, Stephanie. (2013). The Radical Idea of Marrying for Love (pp. 163-173). In David
M. Newman. (Ed.) Sociology: Readings Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life. Sage
Publications.

Cherlin, Andrew J. (2004). The Deinstitutionalization of American Marriage. Journal of

Marriage and the Family 66: 848-861.

b. Gender, Sexuality and Intimacy

Katz, Jonathan. (1990). The Invention of Heterosexuality. Socialist Review 20 January -
March, 7-34.
Stacey, Judith. (2011). Introduction & Chapters 4. In Unhitched: Love, Marriage, and Family
Values from West Hollywood to Western China. New York University Press.
Weston, Kath. (1998). Made to Order: Family Formation and the Rhetoric of Choice. In Long
Slow Burn: Sexuality and Social Science (pp. 83-94). Routledge.
Raheja, Gloria Goodwin, and Ann Grodzins Gold. (1996). Sexuality, Fertility, and Erotic
Imagination in Rajasthani Women’s Songs. In Listen To the Heron's Words: Reimagining
Gender and Kinship in North India (pp. 30 – 72). Oxford University Press.
c. Intimacy and Love
Beck, Ulrich and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim. (2010). The Normal Chaos of Love (pp. 181-
188). In Anthony Giddens and Philip W. Sutton (Ed). Sociology: Introductory Readings.
Polity.

Hooks, bell. (2015). Living to Love. Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and the Self-Recovery.
(pp. 97-111). Routledge.

d. Intimacy and Care

Lamb, Sarah. (2000). White Saris and Sweet Mangoes: Aging, Gender, and Body in North
India (pp. 115-143). University of California Press.

Hochschild, Arlie Russell. (2003). The Commercialization of Intimate Life: Notes from Home
and Work (pp. 185-197). University of California Press.
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e. Intimacy and Democracy
Jamieson, Lynn. (1998). Introduction & Chapter 6. The Couple: Intimate and Equal? In
Intimacy: Personal Relationships in Modern Societies (pp. 136-157). Polity.
Giddens, Anthony. (1992). The Transformation of Intimacy: Sexuality, Love and Eroticism in
Modern Societies (pp. 184-203). Polity Press.

Suggested Readings:
Beck, Ulrich and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim.(2010). The Normal Chaos of Love (pp. 181-
188). In Anthony Giddens and Philip W. Sutton (Ed). Sociology: Introductory Readings.
Polity.

Goodison, Lucy.(1983). Really Being in Love Means Wanting to Live in A Different World
(pp. 48-66). In Cartledge, Sue, and Joanna Ryan (ed.). Sex & Love: New Thoughts on Old
Contradictions. Women's Press.

Chase, Susan E. & Mary F. Rogers. (2004). Mothers and Children over the life course. In
Mothers and Children: Feminist Analysis and Personal Narratives. (pp. 203-233). Rutgers
University Press.
Kimmel, Michael. et. al. (Eds.). The Gendered Society Reader (pp. 121-132). Oxford
University Press.
Lynn Jamieson and Gabb, Jacqui. (2008). Conceptualisations of Intimacy. In Researching
Intimacy in Families (pp. 64-96). Palgrave.

Coontz, Stephanie.(1993). The Way We Never Were American Families and The Nostalgia
Trap. Basic Books.

Trawick, Margaret.(1996). The Ideology of Love. Notes on Love in a Tamil Family (pp. 89 –
116). Oxford University Press.

Vatuk, Sylvia. (1990). To be a Burden on Others: Dependency Anxiety among the Elderly in
India (pp. 64 – 88). In Lynch, Owen M. (Ed.) Divine Passions: The Social Construction of
Emotion in India . Oxford University Press.

Keywords: Intimacy, Love, Emotions, Care, Family, Marriage, Relationships, Gender and
Sexuality.
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GENERIC ELECTIVES (GE-06): Invitation to Sociological Theory

Credit distribution, Eligibility and Pre-requisites of the Course

Course title Credits Credit distribution of the Eligibility Pre-

& Code course criteria requisite of
Lecture Tutorial Practical/ the course
Practice
GE 06
Invitation
to 4 3 1 Nil Nil Nil
Sociological
Theory

Course Learning Objectives:

1. To familiarize students with fundamental sociological perspectives.

2. To enable students to analyse social reality on the basis of these perspectives.
3. To help students apply sociological theories to their lifeworld.

Course Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to:
1. Analyze the multiple dimensions of social reality.
2. Compare and contrast different sociological perspective on these processes..
3. Develop a critical orientation while observing and reviewing social realities.
4. Apply various sociological theories to social contexts and thereby assessing the causes
and consequences of various social phenomena

Syllabus of GE 06:
Unit 1. Understanding Sociological Theory (2 Weeks)
Unit 2. Functionalism (4 Weeks)
Unit 3. Conflict Theory (2 Weeks)
Unit 4. Interpretive Sociology (2 Weeks)
Unit 5. Interactionism (2 Weeks)
Unit 6. Feminist Sociology (2 Weeks)

***

Practical component (if any) - NIL

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Essential/Recommended Readings:
Unit 1. Understanding Sociological Theory (1-2 Weeks)
Willis, Evan. 1996. The Sociological Quest: An Introduction to the Study of Social Life. New
Jersey: Rutgers University Press. Chapter 7, Theory and Method. Pp. 107-132.

Unit 2. Functionalism (3-6 Weeks)

Wallace, Ruth A. and Alison Wolf. 2006. Contemporary Sociological Theory: Expanding the
Classical Tradition, Sixth Edition, New Delhi: Prentice-Hall of India. Chapter 2,
Functionalism. Pp. 15-57.
Cohen. Percy S. 1968. Modern Social Theory, Sixth Edition, London: Heinemann. Chapter 3,
Functionalism or the 'Holistic' Approach. Pp. 34-68.

Unit 3. Conflict Theory (7-8 Weeks)

Turner, Jonathan H. 1987. The Structure of Sociological Theory, Fourth Edition, New York:
Rawat Publications, Chapter 6, The Origin of Conflict and Critical Theorizing. Pp. 129-150.

Unit 4. Interpretive Sociology (9-10 Weeks)

Freund, Julien. 1969. The Sociology of Max Weber, New York: Vintage Books. Chapter 3,
The Concept of Interpretive Sociology. Pp. 87-132.

Unit 5. Interactionism (11-12 Weeks)

Cuff, E. C., W. W. Sharrock, and D. W. Francis. 2006. Perspectives in Sociology, Fifth
Edition, London: Routledge, Chapter 6, Symbolic Interactionism. Pp. 98-125.

Unit 6. Feminist Sociology (13-14 Weeks)

Abbott, Pamela, Clair Wallace, and Melissa Tyler. 2005. An Introduction to Sociology:
Feminist Perspectives, Third Edition, London: Routledge, Chapter 2, Feminist Sociological
Theory. Pp. 16‐ 56.

Suggested Readings:
Blumer, Herbert. 2002 ‘Symbolic Interactionism’ from Craig Calhoun (ed.) Contemporary
Sociological Theory. Oxford: Blackwell. Chapter 4, Pp. 66 -77.

Dillon, Michele. 2014. Introduction to Sociological Theory: Theorists, Concepts, and Their
Applicability to the Twenty-First Century, Second Edition, West Sussex: Wiley Blackwell,
Chapter 3, Max Weber. Pp. 121-153.
Dillon, Michele. 2014. Introduction to Sociological Theory: Theorists, Concepts, and Their
Applicability to the Twenty-First Century, Second Edition, West Sussex: Wiley Blackwell,
Chapter 10, Feminist Theories. Pp. 327-367.
Durkheim, Emile. 1982. The Rules of Sociological Method, New York: Free Press. Chapter 1,
What is a Social Fact? Pp. 50-59.
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Geetha, V. 2002. Gender, Calcutta: Stree, Introduction. Pp. 01-10.

Giddens, Anthony. 2009. Sociology, Sixth Edition, Polity Press. Cambridge. Chapter 7,
Social Interaction and Everyday Life. Pp. 247-279

Lindsey, Linda L. 2021. Gender: Sociological Perspective, Seventh Edition, London:

Routledge, Chapter 1, The Sociology of Gender: Theoretical Perspectives and Feminist
Frameworks. Pp. 03‐ 37.

Marx, Karl and Fredrick Engels. 1948. The Manifesto of the Communist Party. New York:
International Publishers. Pp. 03-48.

Radcliffe-Brown, A. R., 1976, Structure and Function in Primitive Society, New York: Free
Press, Chapter 9, On the Concept of Function in Social Science. Pp. 178-187; Chapter 10, On
Social Structure. Pp. 188-204.

Ritzer, George. 2011.Sociological Theory, Eighth Edition, New York: McGraw Hill, Chapter
10, Symbolic Interactionism. Pp. 351-390.

Weber, Max. 1978. Economy and Society: An outline of Interpretive Sociology, Vol. 1,
University of California Press, Basic Concepts. Pp.04-26
Winch, Peter. 1990. The Idea of A Social Science and its Relation to Philosophy, London:
Routledge. Chapter 2, The Nature of Meaningful Behaviour, Meaningful Behaviour. Pp. 45-
51; Chapter 4, The Mind and Society, Verstehen and Causal Explanation, Meaningful Action
and Social Action. Pp. 111-120.

Keywords:
Functionalism, Interpretive Sociology, Conflict Perspective, Interactionism, Feminist
Perspective