Sociology

Unit I: Introduction to Sociology 

Unit II: Theoretical Perspective in Sociology

  • Theoretical Perspective and Functionalism: Meaning, context, basic tenets or key assumptions: Functionalism of Emile Durkheim and Talcott Parsons (Basic ideas with criticism).
  • Interactionist Perspective: Meaning, context, basic tenets or key assumptions: Interactionism of George Herbert Mead and Herbert Blumer (Basic ideas and criticism).
  • Conflict Perspective: Meaning, context, basic tenets or key assumptions: Conflict theory of Karl Marx and Max Weber (basic ideas and criticism).
  • Post-Modernism Perspective: meaning, context, basic tenets or key assumptions: Post Modernism of Fredric Jameson and Jean Baudrillard (basic ideas and criticism).
  • Fredric Jameson

Unit III: The foundations of society

Unit IV: Social stratification

Unit V: Social Institution

Unit VI: Social change