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This course introduces sociological thought through 6 units covering major classical and contemporary theorists. It aims to help students understand the historical context in which sociology emerged and the substantive, theoretical, and methodological issues addressed by pioneers like Auguste Comte, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber. Teaching methods include lectures, projects, discussions, and evaluations. Students are encouraged to actively participate and share opinions. The course examines theorists' methodologies and key concepts including positivism, the division of labor, forms of capital, and orders of simulation. Suggested readings provide references for exploring each theorist and period in sociological thought.

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Sociological Thought PDF

This course introduces sociological thought through 6 units covering major classical and contemporary theorists. It aims to help students understand the historical context in which sociology emerged and the substantive, theoretical, and methodological issues addressed by pioneers like Auguste Comte, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber. Teaching methods include lectures, projects, discussions, and evaluations. Students are encouraged to actively participate and share opinions. The course examines theorists' methodologies and key concepts including positivism, the division of labor, forms of capital, and orders of simulation. Suggested readings provide references for exploring each theorist and period in sociological thought.

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Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur


Syllabus for Second Semester
Sociology Minor (January to April 2020)
Title of the Course: Sociological Thought
Course Instructors: Dr. Uttam Kumar Panda & Dr. Ayan Hazra
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About the Course and its Objective:


This paper, “Sociological Thought” is intended to make acquainted the students with the social,
political, legal, economic and intellectual contexts in which Sociology emerged as a distinctive
discipline. The core objective of introducing this paper for B.A. LL.B students is to help them
gain an understanding of some of the important classical contributions in sociology, and their
continuing relevance to its contemporary concerns from folklore to modern law. The primary
focus of this paper is on the substantive, theoretical and methodological issues which shaped the
thinking of pioneering and classical sociologists and which continue to concern the practitioners
of sociology and social laws today. Evaluation of the relevance and significance of the
contributions of the pioneers and classical theorists will be briefed by the historical context of the
discipline and its theorists.

Teaching Methodology:
This course will be administered through class room teaching, project writing, discussion, and
evaluation. Class room interactions between students and teacher are considered as a practical
standard for imparting this course. Students are encouraged to participate in question-answer
sessions and they are also expected to share their opinions, ideas and critical views in the class
room which can help all the stakeholders for further improvements in teaching-learning
processes and development of the curriculum.

Unit 1: Auguste Comte (1798-1857)


o Methodology
o Law of Three Stages
o Hierarchy of the Sciences
o Scientific Theory of Morality & Religion of Humanity
o Positivism

Unit 2: Emile Durkheim (1858-1917)


o Rules of Sociological Method
o Division of Labour
o Elementary Forms of Religious Life
o Theory of Suicide
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Unit 3: Max Weber (1864-1920)


o Methodology
o Social Action
o Theory of Religion
o Power & Authority

Unit 4: Jean Baudrillard (1929- 2007)


o Simulation Society
o Hyper Reality
o Orders of Simulation
o Consumer Society

Unit 5: Jurgen Habermas (1929-)


o Liberal Capitalism
o Organized Capitalism
o Colonization of the Life world
o Public Sphere
o Speech Communities
o Civil Society

Unit 6: Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002)


o Social Capital
o Cultural Capital
o Economic Capital
o Human Capital
o Theory of Cultural Reproduction

Suggested Readings:

Unit-I, Unit-II & Unit-III


 F. Abraham and J. H.Morgan. 1985. Sociological Thought, Macmillan Publishers.
 Craib Ian. 1997. Classical Social Theory. Oxford University Press.
 Kenneth Allan. 2012. Contemporary Social and Sociological Theory. Sage Publication.
 Lewis A. Coser. 2012. Masters in Sociological Thought. Rawat Publications.
 Reymond Aron. 2018. Main Currents in Sociological Thought, Vol. I. Routledge
Classics.
 Scott Appelrouth. 2006. Sociological Theory in Contemporary Era. Sage Publication.
 Timasheff, Nicholas S. 1970. Sociological Theory: Its Nature and Growth. NewYork:
Random House.
 Ritzer George. 2011. Sociological Theory, Rawat Publications.
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Unit-IV, Unit-V & Unit-VI


 Kenneth Allan.2012. Contemporary Social and Sociological Theory. Sage Publications.
 S.L.Doshi. 2003. Modernity, Postmodernity and Neo- Sociological Theories. Rawat
Publications.
 Jean Baudrillard. 2002. Selected Writings, Stanford University Press.
 B.K. Nagla. 2008. Indian Sociological Thought. Rawat Publications.
 Pierre Bourdieu. 1999. On Television (Translation). Priscilla P Ferguson, New York, The
New Press.

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