This course covers the basic introduction to sociology through a wide and interesting range of topics. It is not limited to the usual topics covered in introductory courses in several places. The range makes this introduction contemporary and relevant and draws on topics relating to India and other societies. Thus, it is intended as a broad and comprehensive introduction to the discipline.
Overview
Syllabus
Week 01 :
01: Enlightenment
02: Industrial Revolution
03: French Revolution
Week 02 :
04: Conservative Romantic Reaction
05: Birth of Sociology
06: Auguste Comte I
Week 03 :
07: Auguste Comte II
08: Understanding Social Stratification
09: Class and Intersectionality
Week 04 :
10: Introduction to Classical Sociological Thought I Marx
11: Classical Sociological Thought II Weber
12: Classical Sociological Thought III Durkheim
Week 05 :
13: Feminist Theories: An Introduction
14: Sociology and Postmodern
15: Kinship
Week 06 :
16: Understanding Work
17: Sociology and science
18: Sociology and Common sense
Week 07 :
19: Research Methods: Competing Paradigms
20: Sociology of Consumption
21: Understanding India: Approaches to the Study of Indian Society
Week 08 :
22: The tradition-modernity debate
23: Modernisation
24: The Rising importance of the Middle Classes in India
Week 09 :
25: A Silent Revolution: Dalit Politics and the rise of the lower castes
26: Media, Culture, Society
27: Introduction to Sociology of Gender
28: Caste, Class and Gender
Week 10 :
29: Social Structure and Social Change
30: Socialisation
31: Marriage: Patterns and Change
32: State
Week 11 :
33: Education and Social inequalities
34: The challenge of ethnic identities
35: The language debate in India
36: Religious Pluralism and the debate on Secularism
Week12 :
37: Social Institutions Online
38: Social Institutions and Everyday life
39: Family in Flux
40: Markets and Globalization
Taught by
Dr. Sarbani Bandyopadhyay
