Syllabus (SOCIOLOGY)

Course Type: MAJ-5

Semester: 4

Course Code: BSOCMAJ05T

Course Title: Indian Society

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

Credit: 6

Practical/Theory: Theory

Course Objective: This course will provide a clear understanding about the very nature and characteristics of Indian society to the students. This course on Indian society will also provide the critical knowledge about the major social institutions of Indian society and en

Learning Outcome: After completing this course students will be able to understand the importance of multiculturalism of Indian society. • To understand the definitions, functions, and importance of major social institutions of Indian society. • To understand the issue

Contents of the Course

1. Understanding India: Colonial discourse, Nationalist discourse and Subaltern discourse

2. Plurality, Diversity and Unity

3. Caste, Class and Tribes in India: Concept and Critique

4. Family, Marriage and Kinship in India: Types, Importance and Change

5. Village in India: Structure and Change

6. Religion in India: Religious diversity, Secularism

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7. Globalisation and Indian Society: Process and Impacts

8. Challenges to Indian Society: Ethnic Conflicts and Communalism

Readings and References

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2. Gupta, D. (ed.).(1991). Social Stratification, Oxford University Press
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4. Srinvas, M. N. (1987). The Dominant Caste and Other Essays, Oxford University Press.
5. Uberoi, P. (ed.).(1994). Family, Kinship and Marriage in India. Oxford University.
6. Srivastava, S., Arif, Y., & Abraham, J. (Eds.). (2018). Critical Themes in Indian Sociology. SAGE Publications India.

7. Madan, T. N. (ed.) (1997), Religion in India, Oxford University Press.
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30. Fuller, C. J. (2017). Ethnographic inquiry in colonial India: Herbert Risley, William Crooke, and the study of tribes and castes. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 23(3), 603-621.
31. Ahuja, R. (2014). Social problems in India. Rawat publications.
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35. Singh, G. (2000). Ethnic conflict in India: A case-study of Punjab. Springer.
36. Kolås, Å. (2017). Framing the tribal: ethnic violence in Northeast India. Asian Ethnicity, 18(1), 22-37.
37. Subramanian, K. S. (2015). State, policy and conflicts in Northeast India. Routledge.
38. Ghosh, B. (2003). Ethnicity and insurgency in Tripura. Sociological Bulletin, 52(2), 221-243.
39. Spencer, J. (1992). Problems in the analysis of communal violence. Contributions to Indian Sociology, 26(2), 261-279.
40. Eckert, J. (2009). The Social Dynamics of Communal Violence in India. International Journal of Conflict and Violence (IJCV), 3(2), 172-187.