Syllabus (SOCIOLOGY)

Course Type: MAJ-9

Semester: 6

Course Code: BSOCMAJ09T

Course Title: Indian Sociological Thought

(L-P-Tu): 5-0-1

Credit: 6

Practical/Theory: Theory

Course Objective: The first objective of this course is to familiarise the students with the key social philosophical and theoretical perspectives on Indian society. Next, this course likes to develop not only a synthetic understanding of Indian society, but certain cruci

Learning Outcome: Students who successfully complete this course will be able to appreciate the widely different viewpoints by which social life can be studied and more so for a society like India where diversities are writ large in many ways. The students will also learn

Contents of the Course

1. Rise of Sociology and Social Anthropology in India

2. Indological Perspective

Radhakamal Mukerjee (Society and values; Social ecology); G.S. Ghurye (Caste, Race and Tribe)

3. Structuralist and Structural-functionalist Perspectives

Louis Dumont (Hierarchy and caste); M.N. Srinivas (Caste system and social change; Village study)

4. Civilisational Perspective

N.K. Bose (Culture zones of India; ‘The Hindu method of tribal absorption’)

5. Marxian Perspective

D.P. Mukerji (Marxology; Tradition and Modernity; Middle Class); A.R. Desai (‘Social background of Indian nationalism’)

6. Dalit Perspective

B.R. Ambedkar (Radical critique of caste)

Readings and References

1. Srinivas, M.N. and M. N. Panini. 1973. ‘The Development of Sociology and Social Anthropology in India’, in Sociological Bulletin, 22 (2): 179 – 215.

2. Oommen, T.K. and Partha Nath Mukherji (eds.). 1986. Indian Sociology: Reflections and Introspections. Bombay: Popular Prakashan.

3. Dhanagare, D.N .1999. Themes and Perspectives in Indian Sociology, Delhi: Rawat Publications.

4. Unnithan, T.K.N., Indra Deva and Yogendra Singh (eds.). 1965.towards a Sociology of Culture in India. New Delhi: Prentice-Hall of India (Private) Ltd.

5. Singh, Yogendra. 2004. Ideology and Theory in Indian Sociology. Jaipur: Rawat.

6. Madan, T. N. 2011, Sociological Traditions: Methods and Perspectives in the Sociology of India. New Delhi: Sage Publications.

7. Madan, T N. 1995. Pathways: Approaches to the Study of Society in India. Delhi: Oxford University Press.

8. Uberoi, Patricia, Satish Deshpande and Nandini Sundar (eds.). 2010. Anthropology in the East: Founders of Indian Sociology and Anthropology. New Delhi: Permanent Black.

9. Patel, Sujata (ed.). 2011. Doing Sociology in India. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

10. Ghurye, G.S.1932. Caste and Race in India. London: Kegan Paul.

11. Mukerji D.P. 2002. Modern Indian Culture: A Sociological Study, New Delhi: Rupa & Co.

12. Mukerjee, Radhakamal. 1994. ‘An Ecological Approach

to Sociology’, in Ramachandra Guha (ed.): Social Ecology. Delhi: Oxford University Press.

13. Mukerjee, Radhakamal 1932, ‘The concepts of balance and organization in Social

Ecology”, in Sociology and Social Research 16 (July-August 1932): 503-516.

14. Mukerjee, Radhakamal. 1950. The Social Structure of Values. London: George Allen and Unwin.

15. Mukerjee, Radhakamal 1951. The Dynamics of Morals. London: Macmillan & Co.

16. Thakur, Manish. 2012. ‘Radhakamal Mukerjee and the Quest for an Indian Sociology’, in Sociological Bulletin, 61(1): 89 – 108.

17. Mukerji D.P. 2002. Diversities: Essays in Economics,

Sociology and Other Social Problems. New Delhi: Manak Publications.

14. Desai, A.R. 2000. Social Background of Indian Nationalism. Mumbai: Popular Prakashan.

15. Srinivas, M. N.1992. On Living in a Revolution and Other Essays. Delhi: Oxford University Press.

16. Srinivas, M.N. 1971. Social Change in Modern India. Berkeley: University of

California Press.

17. Srinivas, M.N. 1976. The Remembered Village. Berkeley: University of

California Press.

18. Srinivas, M.N. 2002. Collected Essays. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

19. Nagla, B.K. 2008. Indian Sociological Thought. New Delhi: Rawat Publications.

20. Pramanick, Swapan Kumar. 1994. Sociology of G. S. Ghurye. New Delhi: Rawat Publications.

21. Dumont, Louis. 1970. Homo Hierarchicus. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.

22. Das, Veena. 1982. Structure and Cognition: Aspects of Hindu Caste and Ritual. Delhi: Oxford University Press.

23. Bose, Nirmal Kumar. 1994. The Structure of Hindu Society (Translated by Andre Beteille from Bengali). New Delhi: Orient Longman.

24. Bose, Nirmal Kumar. 1967. Culture and Society in India. Bombay: Asia Publishing House.

25. Mukhopadhyay, Amal Kumar (ed.). 1979. The Bengali Intellectual Tradition. Calcutta: K.P Bagchi & Company.

26. Ambedkar, B. R. 2014. Annihilation of Caste. New Delhi: Navayana.
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28. বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়, ভোলানাথ ও কৃষ্ণদাস চট্টোপাধ্যায় (সম্পা.). ২০১০. ভারতের সমাজতাত্ত্বিক চিন্তাধারা. কলকাতা: লেভান্ত বুকস.
29. চ্যাটার্জি, শুভ্রজিৎ. ২০১৮. সমাজতাত্ত্বিক দৃষ্টিভঙ্গি ও চিন্তাধারার আলোকে ভারতীয় সমাজচর্চা. কলকাতা: লেভান্ত বুকস.