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UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
M.A. Honours / M.A. Regular CBCS in Sociology
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M.A. Sociology Syllabus Revision
Discussed in Syllabus revision sub -committee formed by Bos , again with minor
modification discussed and approved unanimously by Board of Studies in Sociology on
20/04/2020 at 11.a.m
Submitted to the Academic Authority to forward to Board of Deans and Academic
Council for approval on 07/05/2020
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In continuation with 2016 -17 New syllabus passed by Academic Council
Syllabus Revised in the Academic Year 2019 -20
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Introduction
This n ew revised syllabus will have same rules and regulations passed and adopted by
the University of Mumbai on 23/05/2016 with regard to M.A. Honours and M.A regular
programme.
(Ref. Choice based Credit System Implemented from 2016 -17 with New Syllabus
proposed by Board of Studies in Sociology and approved and passed by Academic
Council University of Mumbai and implemented from 2016 -17 shall continue and o nly
revision in course and its content shall applicable as revised syllabus ).
With reference to the above cited reference the system of c redits, course credit , M.A.
Programme credits , Courses, Project based courses, Grade system, Evaluation of project
component and non -project component Internal assessment and external assessment
(60:40) shall remain the same and continued during revised syllabus implementation .
However, there shall b e change in the internal assessment of (40) Marks. Instead of
internal exam there shall be new criteria adopted such as assignment , attendance and
viva of the student. Internal 40 marks shall be divided in to three criteria’s such as 20
marks for written as signment (2000 on 3000 words) , 10 marks for attendance and class
participation and 10 marks for viva voce . Date, time and Panel for viva shall be decided
by the Head of the Department for each course. Viva Committee shall consist of Head -
Chairperson, Class Teacher -convenor and one teacher from the department. However,
minimum two teachers can form the quorum of committee in which head or his
nominee shall be mandatory.
Programme Educational Objectives (PEO)
1. To provide the learners with an in -depth and comprehensive understanding of
the Conceptual -theoretical and substantive sociological perspectives on various
dimensions of social life .
2. To familiarise and train the learners with skills needed for multifarious and
complex analysis of society around them by applying theoretical ideas and
concepts to the socio -cultural reality around them and to train them in skills
related to social research
3. To develop in the minds of the learners a critical, universal and human istic
outlook to life with stress on the intersectional nature of human life and its socio -
cultural manifestations.
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Programme Outcomes (PO)
1. To develop an overall and well -rounded understanding of sociology through
theoretical paradigms, methodologica l debates and the study of substantive
domains
2. To see the continuities and departures between classical and contemporary
sociology and transmit rigorous analytical skills
3. To develop the connections between sociology and anthropology that will help in
furthering interdisciplinary perspectives
4. To develop critical thought on social structures, social processes and social
institutions from the perspectives of people of marginal locations of class, caste,
gender, tribe, religious, linguistic and ethnic minoriti es
5. To develop analytical skills to connect different scales like the local, regional,
national and global in order to enhance diversity and inclusiveness
6. To develop research and advocacy skills through critical pedagogies in the
classroom and through indiv idual and group applied projects
7. To develop reading and writing skills of original and related texts
8. To equip the students with access and responsible use of digital technologies in
their study and in their lives
9. To develop employability of the sociologist in various fields like governance and
policy, development and intervention, electronic visual and print media, human
resource and personnel management, nongovernmental organizations.
10. To develop teaching abilities in sociology and related disciplines
11. To create sensitive, enlightened and progressive citizens of the country and the
world who will apply sociology to their professional and personal lives.
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LASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
[CC.501] [6 Credits]
Course Objectives:
1.Understand the emergence of sociology in the enlightenment period
2.To analyse contributions of founders of the discipline and highlight the
challenges of the times
Course Outcome
1.Apply the above knowledge and its relevance in the contemporary world a t
local, national and global scales
2.Create linkages between the classical and contemporary theories of sociology
3.Critique, debate, assess, apply works of Weber, Durkheim, Marx and Simmel in
today’s context through internal assessment and existing inst itutional mandate
Unit I: Emile Durkheim in the context of Western Modernity
a) Methodological Contributions: The legacy of Comtean Positivism, Society as sui
generis, Characteristics of a Social fact, Observation of social facts, Rules of
Sociological Me thod
b) The Division of Labour: Definition of Division of labour, social solidarity and
cohesion, Mechanical and Organic Solidarity, Systems of law
c)Study of anomie and suicide, shift from psychological to sociological
explanations, social integration and suicide, forms of Suicide,
d)Theory of Religion, Sacred and profane, Elementary Forms of religious life, the
totem, Civil Religion. Legacy of Emile Durkheim and Emile Durkheim today
Unit II: Max Weber in the context of Western Modernity
Methodological Contributions: Theory of knowledge in the social sciences,
Natural Science vs. social science debate, Verstehen , the Ideal Type
Theory of Social Action: rationalisation, bureaucratisation, the iron cage,
disenchantment, action and rationalit y, interpretive theory of Social action, four
types of social action
Dialogue with Marx: Religion and the economy, Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of
capitalism, the case of Calvinism, Capitalism in China and India.
Legacy of Weber/Weber Today
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Unit III: Karl Marx in the context of Western Modernity
a) Philosophical Ideas: Human Nature, Human Potential and the Place of ‘Work’,
Alienation, Historical Method
b) Economic Concepts: Critique of Capitalism, Labour Theory of Value, Fetishism
of Commodities, Class and Division of Labour
c)Political Ideas: Materialist Origins of state, Historical stages of the state, The
state and civil society
d)Legacy of Marx and Marx Today
Unit IV: George Simmel in the context of Western Modernity
a) Three levels of Social Reality: psychological components, Social components
and cultural/historical components, Fashion
b) Individual consciousness, Forms and types of Social interaction, Study of Social
Structure and objective culture - Case study of secrecy.
c)The Philosophy o f Money: Money and value, Reification and rationalisation,
Tragedy of Culture
d)Legacy of Simmel and Simmel Today
Essential Readings
Adams, Bert and Sydie, R.A. (2001). Sociological Theory. New Delhi: Sage
Publications.
Morrison, Ken (2006). Formations of Modern Social Thought (2nd. Edition) , New
Delhi: Sage Publications.
Ritzer, George (2007). Sociological Theory (5th Edition). New Delhi: Tata McGraw
Hill.
Scott, J. (2006). Social Theory: Central Issues in Sociology. New Delhi: Sage
Publications.
Turn er, J.H. (2013). Contemporary Sociological Theory. New Delhi: Sage
Publications.
Applerouth, Scott and Edles, Laura (2008). Classical and Contemporary
Sociological Theory: Text and Readings
Cuff, E.C., Sharrock, W.W. & Francis, D.W. (2006). Perspectives in Sociology. Oxon:
Routledge.
Giddens, A. (1971). Capitalism and Modern Social theory. Cambridge: Cambridge
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University Press
Judge, Paramjit (2012) Foundations of Classical Sociological Theory . Pearson
Skinner, Q. (1990). The Return of Grand Theory in the Human Sciences.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Texts in the original
Marx, K. and Engels, F. The German Ideology.
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1845/German -ideology/
Marx, K. and Engels . The Communist Manifesto.
http://www.Marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist -manifesto/
Durkheim, E. (1982). Rules of sociological Method. London: Free Press.
Durkheim, E. (2001). Elementary Forms of Religious Life. New York: Oxford
University Press.
Durkheim, E. (2006). On Suicide. London: Penguin.
Durkheim, E. (1996). Division of Labour. London: Free Press.
Weber, M. (2003). Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. New York: Dover.
Simmel, G. (1903). Fashion. New York: Fox, Duffield & Co.
Simmel, G. (1978). The Philo sophy of Money. Oxon: Routeldge.
Simmel, G. (1906). The Sociology of Secrecy and of Secret Societies. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press.
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Course II : PERSPECTIVES ON INDIAN SOCIETY
[C.C 502] [6 Credits]
Course Objectives:
1.Assess, critique, evaluate the role of Dalit, tribal, feminist and other marginalised
locations in creating knowledge.
2.Understand the critical perspectives on dynamics of social transformation in local,
national and global contexts
3.Recognise the cent rality of politics of locations in creating India, and Indian society
Course Outcome
1.To make the learners holistic understanding of Indian society in the context past and
present and make them social leader for democratic Indian Society.
2.To make learne rs aware of changes taking place in Indian society over period of time
Unit I : Introduction -Brief overview of sociology in India
a) Unity in Diversity in India
b) Schools of Sociology in India with special focus on the Bombay “School ”
c) Approaches : Indological and Field -work
d) Non -Brahminic Perspectives on Indian Society
Unit II : Theorizing castes and tribes in India
a) G.S. Ghurye, B.R. Ambedkar and Louis Dumont on Caste Question
b) Gender and Caste (Gail Omvedt and Sharmila Rege )
c) Social Change in Modern India (M. N. Srinivas)
d) Tribes as Indigenous category: Scheduled tribes/Denotified and Nomadic Tribes
Unit III : Constructing the nation and nationalism
a) Nation as spiritual and Political (Partha Chatterjee )
b) Critique of the “Project Homogenization ” (T K Oommen )
c) Women and Nationalist Discourse (Tanika Sarkar )
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Unit IV : Globalization and Indian society
a) Conceptualization of Globalization
b) Traditional Hierarchies and Intersectionalities in Globalizing Society : Multiple,
Intersecting and complex Marginalities
c) Ident ity Politics : Region, religion, class as contexts of homogenized and
fragmented identities
Essential Readings
Ambedkar B . R. (1979 ). Babasaheb Ambedkar : Writings and Speeches . Vol. I. Mumbai :
Government of Maharashtra .
Chandan Sengupta: Conceptualizin g Globalization: Issues and Implications. Economic
and Political Weekly . 36, No. 33 (Aug. 18 -24, 2001), pp. 3137 -3143 (7 pages).
Dahiwale, S . M. (2005 ). Understanding Indian Society : The Non -Brahmin Perspectives,
Jaipur & New Delhi : Rawat .
Das, V . (Ed.). (2004 ). Handbook of Indian Sociology . New Delhi : Oxford University Press .
Dhanagare, D . N. Themes and Perspectives in Indian Sociology . Jaipur & New Delhi :
Rawat .
Ghurye, G.S. (1932) Caste and Race in India. Popular Publication Bombay.
Gupta, S . et al . (2010). Globalization in India : Content and Discontents . Delhi : Pearson
Education .
Jayaram, N . (2013 ). (ed.). Special Issue on The Bombay School of Sociology : The
stalwarts and Their Legacies . In Sociological Bulletin : Journal of the Indian Sociological
Society. 62 (2): 1-3.
M.N. Srinivas, A.M, Shah, E.A. Ramaswamy (2008). (edit) The Fieldworker and Field
(second Edition). Oxford University Press.
M.N. Srinivas. (2008). Social Change in Modern India. Orient Black Swan. Hyderabad
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M.S. Gore, (2015) Unity in Diversity: The Indian Experience in nation -Building. Rawat
Publications, New Delhi.
Nagla, B .K. (2008 ). Indian Sociological Thought . Jaipur & New Delhi : Rawat .
Omvedt, G. (19179) We Shall Smash This Prison: Indian Women in Struggle . Zed Books.
Omvedt, G . (1976 ). Cultural Revolt in a Colonial Society : Non -Brahmin Movement in
Western India . 1973 -1930 . Bombay : Scientific Education Trust .
Oommen, T . K. (2004 ). Nation, Civil society and Social Movements . New Delhi : Sage .
Partha Chatterjee. (1986). Nationalist Thought and the Colonial World . London: Zed
Books.
Sharmila Rege. 2014.Writing Caste/Writing Gender: Narrating Dalit Women’s
Testimonies. Zubaan Publications.
Tanika Sarkar : Women and Social Reform in Modern India: A Reader (two volumes,
edited jointly with Sumit Sarkar , 2008).
Virginius Xaxa: Tribes as Indigenous people of India. Economic and Political Weekly . Vol.
34, No. 51 (Dec. 18 -24, 1999), pp. 3589 -3595 (7 pages).
पद्माकर सहारे . २०१५ . भारतीय समाजविषयक दृविकोण .विद्याबूक पवलिशेसस .औरंगाबाद
एि. थाराभई . भारतीय समाजशास्त्र : समष्या आवण आिाहने . सेज पवलिशेशस . न्यू ददल्िी
भारतातीि सामावजक चळिळी : एक सवहतीक परामशस . सेज पवलिशेशस . न्यू ददल्िी
उत्तम कांबळे . २०१० जगवतकीकरणाची अरीिे . कोल्हापूर
Any other relevant text/reading suggested by the teacher
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CLASSICAL PERSPECTIVES IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
[CC.503] [6 Credits]
Course Objectives:
1.Understand the historical emergence of anthropology and critically locate it
within the colonial project
2.Critique and assess the relevance of cultural anthropology and understand
theories of cultural anthropology
3.Develop an understanding of the relationship between sociology and
anthropology especially that of ethnography and fieldwork
Course Outcome
1.Recognise critical efforts by anthropologists, and its sub disciplines in the public
sphere.
2.To assess and examine the role of anthropologist in studying and underst andi ng
society as whole through internal and external assessment.
Unit I. Anthropology and Sociology
a) Sociology and anthropology: interconnections
b) The colonial episteme , orientalism and anthropology
c)Four -field approach: biological anthropology, prehistoric archaeology,
linguistics, cultural anthropolog y (ethnology)
d)Debates: Ethnocentrism & cultural relativism; nature vs culture
Unit II. Perspectives and Methods
a) Holistic perspective, comparative method & participant observation
b) Evolutionism and diffusionism
c)Kinship studies
d)Historical particul arism
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Unit III . Anthropologists and Contributions
a) Configurations, language and culture (Kroeber & Sapir)
b) Elemental categories: Emile Durkheim, Marcel Mauss
c)Structural Functionalism: Malinowski, Radcliffe -Brown
d)Culture and personality: Ruth Benedi ct, Abram Kardiner
Unit IV. Debates on issues
a) Cultural determinism: Margaret Mead
b) Structuralism
c)Village studies
d)Marxism and anthropology
Essential Readings
Applebaum, H.A. (1987). Perspectives in Cultural Anthropology. New York: State
University of New York Press.
Candea, M. (Ed.)., (2018). Schools and Styles of Anthropological Theory . London & New
York: Routledge.
Clark -Deces, I. (2011). Blackwell Companions to Anthropology: A Companion to the
Anthropology of India. Oxford: Wiley -Blackwell.
Das, V. (Ed.). (2003). The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology .
New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Erickson, P.A. & Murphy, L.D., (2017). A History of Anthropological Theory . (5th Edition).
Ontario: University of Toronto Pre ss.
Erickson, P.A. & Murphy, L.D., (2017). Readings for a History of Anthropological Theory .
(5th Edition). Ontario: University of Toronto Press.
Godelier, M. (1977). Perspectives in Marxist Anthropology . London: Cambridge
University Press.
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M.N. Srini vas (2010). Social Change in Modern India. Orient Black Swan. Hyderabad
McGee, R.J. & Warms, R.L., (2019). Anthropological Theory: An Introductory History (7th
Edition). Rowman & Littlefield.
Moberg, M., (2018). Engaging Anthropological Theory: A Social an d Political History .
London & New York: Routledge.
Moore, H.L. & Sanders, T. (Eds.). (2014). Anthropology in Theory: Issues in Epistemology .
Malden, M.A.: Blackwell Publishing.
Moore, J.D. (Ed.). (2009). Visions of Culture: Annotated Reader . Lanham, MD.: Altamira
Press.
Ortner, S.B. (1984). Theory in Anthropology Since the Sixties. Comparative Studies in
Society and History . 26 (1): 126 - 166.
Uberoi, P. et al. (Eds.). (2007). Anthropology in the East: Founders of Indian Sociology
and Anthr opology. Ranikhet: Permanent Black.
Any other relevant text or reading suggested by the teacher
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METHODOLOGIES OF SOCIAL RESEARCH
[CC-504] [6 Credits]
Course Objectives:
1.To make the learner understand role of methods, methodologies and methodological
perspectives in social research in general and sociological research in Particular.
2. To understand the relationship among concept, theory and methodologies in
development of sociologica l knowledge.
Course Outcome
1.To make learner understand and practice various aspects of the research process and
analyse the nature of science and social science as methods of inquiries.
2.Understand the role of methodological perspectives in research m ethodology.
3.Apply and assess the importance of qualitative, quantitative, interpretive methods of
research.
4.Demonstrate the ability to create research designs and communicate research findings
in comprehensive manner
Unit I: Introduction
a) Science and Non -Science
b) Philosophical foundations: Issues of Ontology, Epistemology, Methodology
c) The Nature of Sociological inquiry (positivism, Social Fact, Verstehen)
Unit II: Methodological Perspectives
a) Relativism and Hermeneutic analysis
b) Reflex ivity and Social Research
c) Feminist Methodological Perspectives
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Unit III: Research Methods
a) Introduction to SPSS and use of SPSS in research
b) Quantitative Methods: Social Survey -questionnaire, Interview schedule, coding
practices
c) Qualitative Methods: Participant observation, Interview, Case studies and life
histories, Content Analysis
d) Virtual research
Unit IV: Planning and Communicating Research
a) Writing Research Proposal -Rational
b) Literature Review and methodology
c) Data Collection and Analysis
d) Writing Research Finding
Essential Readings
Andre Beteille (2002) Sociology: Essays on Approaches and Method. Oxford University
Press.
Anthony Giddens, 2019. New Rules of Sociological Method: A Positive Critique of
Interpretative Sociologies (Second Edition) Rawat Publications, New Delhi.
Bleicher, J. (1982). Hermeneutic Imagination. London: Routledge.
Christine Hine, (ed) The Internet: Understanding Qualitative Research. Oxford University
Press.2011.
Dexter Bryan: SOCIOLOGY OF KNOWLEDGE AND QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGY. Source:
Kansas Journal of Sociology, Vol. 8, No. 2, Sociology of Knowledge (Fall 1972), pp. 215 -
222Published by: Allen Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/23255110 .
Emile Durkheim (2015 reprint). The Rules of Sociological Method. Ani Prakashan, New
Delhi
Giddens, A. (Ed.). (1970). Positivism and Sociology. Heinemann.
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Joel Smith (1991) A Methodology for Twenty -First Century Sociol ogy. Oxford Journals in
Social Forces, vol.70, no 1. Pp 1 -17. Oxford University Journals.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2580058.
JoRekha Mirchandani: Postmodernism and Sociology: From the Epistemological to the
Empirical Author(s): Source: Sociological Theo ry, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Mar., 2005), pp. 86 -
115Published by: American Sociological Association Stable URL:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/4148895.
Karin Olson (2018). Essentials of Qualitative Interviewing. Routledge. Taylor and Frances
Group. London and New Yor k.
Kristina Boreus and Goran Bergstrom.(2017). Analysing Text and Discourse: Eight
Approaches for the Social Sciences. Sage Publications, New Delhi.
Lynn Butler -Kisber, ( 2018). Qualitative Inquiry: Thematic, Narrative and Arts -Based
Perspectives. Second ed ition. Sage Publication.
Paramjit Judge, (2019). Writing Social Science: A Personal Narratives. Rawat
Publications, Jaipur.
Ram Ahuja 2008 Research Methodology. Rawat Publications. New Delhi.
Reinhatz, S. (1992). Feminist Methods in Social Research. OUP.
Richard E. Palmer: Postmodernity and Hermeneutics. Source: boundary 2, Vol. 5, No. 2
(Winter, 1977), pp. 363 -394Published by: Duke University Press Stable URL:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/302200.
Worsley, P. (1970). Introducing Sociology. Open University Press.
हेस-वबबर .(२०१७ ). गुणात्मक शांशोधन कायसपद्धती . सेज प्रकाशन . न्यू ददिी .
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CONTEMPORARY SOCIOLOGICAL THEORIES
[CC.601] [6 Credits]
Course Objectives
1.Understand the role of micro sociological theories with respect to meta -narratives
2.Understand and apply the theories of marxism, feminist registers, late modernity,
post -modern critique as well as multiple standpoint epistemologies, into everyday
phenomenon
Course Outcome
1.Combine, classical and contemporary sociological theories in understanding society
2.Identify schools of theoretical underpinnings of micro sociological theories.
Unit 1 Social Systems & Processes
a) Structural functionalism: Talcott Parsons, Robert Merton
b) Phenomenology: Schutz
c)Symbolic interactionism: Mead, Goffman
d)Ethnomethodology: Garfinkel
Unit 2 Marxist & Neo - Marxist Theories
a) Critical Theory: Adorno, Horkheimer, Marcuse
b) Neo -Marxism: Althusser, Gramsci
c)Neo -Marxism II: Jameson, Harvey
d)Jurgen Habermas: communica tive action, public sphere & modernity
Unit 3 Post Structuralism & Post modernism
a) Postmodern theories: Derrida
b) Michel Foucault: archaeologies and genealogies
c)Pierre Bourdieu: Practice, habitus, doxa
d)Anthony Giddens: Structuration, late modernity
Unit 4 Feminism, Difference, theory from the south
a) Theorizing globalization: Giddens, Beck
b) Feminism, genders, sexualities: Hooks, Butler, Connell
c) Dalit Bahujan: Gail Omvedt and Rege,
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Essential text/ Readings
Alatas, S.F. & Sinha, V. (2017). Sociological theory beyond the canon . Palgrave Macmillan
Bauman, Z. (2000). Liquid modernity . Polity Press.
Beck, U. (2006). Cosmopolitan vision . Polity Press.
Bourdieu, P. (1992). The logic of practice . Stanford University Press.
Burawoy, M. (1982). Manufacturing consent: changes in the labour process under
monopoly capitalism . University of Chicago Press.
Butler, J. (1999). Gender trouble: feminism and the subversion of identity . Routledge.
Calhoun, C. et al (Eds.). (2001). Contemporary sociologica l theory . Blackwell publishers.
Collins, R. (2009). Conflict sociology (updated edition). Paradigm Publishers.
Connell, R.W. (1995). Masculinities . Polity Press.
Dahrendorf, R. (1959). Class and class conflict in industrial society . Stanford University
Press.
Derrida. J. (1978). Writing and difference . London & New York: Routledge.
Elliott, A. (2014). Contemporary social theory: An introduction . London & New York:
Routledge.
Foucault, M. (2002). The archaeology of knowledge . Rout ledge.
Garfinkel, H. (1991). Studies in ethnomethodology . Polity Press.
Giddens, A. (1986). The constitution of society: outline of the theory of structuration .
Polity Press.
Giddens, A. (1991). Modernity and self -identity . Polity Press.
Goffman, E. (1 959). The presentation of self in everyday life . Anchor books.
Gramsci, A. (1971). Selections from prison notebooks . International Publishers Co.
Habermas, J. (1989). The structural transformation of the public sphere . The MIT Press.
Habermas, J. (2012) . Theory of communicative action. Vol 1 & 2. Boston: Beacon Press.
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Harvey, D. (1984). The limits to Capital . Blackwell Publishers.
Hochschild, A.R. (2012). The managed heart: commercialization of human feeling .
University of California Press.
Honneth, A. (2007). Disrespect: the normative foundations of critical theory . Polity Press.
hooks, b. (2015). Ain’t I a woman: black women and feminism . London & New York:
Routledge.
Horkheimer, M. et.al. (2002). Dialectic of enlightenment . Stanford University Pr ess.
Jameson, F. (1974). Marxism and form . Princeton University Press.
Kristeva. J. (1988). In the beginning was love: psychoanalysis and faith . Columbia
university press.
Law, A. & Lybeck, E.R. (Eds.). (2015). Sociological amnesia: cross currents in di sciplinary
history . Ashgate.
Longhofer, W. & Winchester, D. (Eds.). (2016). Social theory re -wired: new connections
to classical and contemporary perspectives . London & New York: Routledge
Marcuse, H. (2006). One-dimensional Man (reprint). London & New Yo rk: Routledge.
Mead, G.H. & Morris, C. (Eds.). (1972). Mind, self and society from the standpoint of a
social behaviorist . University of Chicago Press.
Merton, R.K. (1968). Social theory and social structure . The Free Press.
Parsons, T. (1966). The structure of social action . The Free Press.
Parsons, T. (1991). Social system . London & New York: Routledge.
Patel, S. (Ed.). (2009). ISA Handbook of diverse sociological traditions . London: Sage.
Reed, K. (2006). New directions in social theory: race, gender and the canon . London:
Sage.
Rege, S. (2013). Against the madness of Manu: B.R. Ambedkar’s writings on Brahmanical
patriarchy . Delhi: Navayana Publishers.
Ritzer, G. & Stepnisky, J. (2018). Sociological theory (10th edition). London: Sage.
Schutz , A. (1969). The phenomenology of the social world . Northwestern University
Press.
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Sundar, N. (Ed.). (2016). The scheduled tribes and their India: politics, identities, policies
and work . Oxford University Press.
Xaxa, V. (2014). State, society and trib es. Pearson education.
MARGINALIZED GROUPS AND COMMUNITIES: CASTE TRIBE AND GENDER
[CC.602] [6 Credits]
Course Objectives
1.Understand the significance of sociological study of marginalised communities and
their social exclusion
2.Evaluate the various processes of marginalisation through which sections of society
have been neglected
3.Prioritise the narratives of groups of people who have experienced vulnerability
through generations
Course Outcome
1.Learners have appropriate understanding of the process of marginalization in India.
2. It shall help to develop social justice policy in India through appropriate
suggestions etc.
Unit I: Historical Context of Marginalization
a) Concepts of Margin, Marginality, and Marginalization
b) Marginalization of Caste, Class, Tribe Gender and Minorities
c) Multiple marginal Groups and their discrimination, deprivation and Social
exclusion
d) Caste Today: Power, Hierarchy, Difference and Identity
Unit II: Perspectives on Marginalization
a) Mahatma Phule and Babasaheb Ambedkar
b) Periyar Ramaswami and Verrier Elwin
c) Tarabai Shinde and Pandita Ramabai
Unit III: Social Welfare and Issues of Rights
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a) Constitu tional Provisions and Safeguards
b) Issues of Reservations and Representation
c) Debate on Citizenship
Unit IV: Contemporary Debates
Critique of Cultural Nationalism and Hindutva
Dalit feminist standpoint
Tribes, Caste and Identity Politics
Sexuality and Marginalization
Essential Readings:
Ambedkar B. R. (1979). Babasaheb Ambedkar: Writings and Speeches. Vol. I. Mumbai:
Government of Maharashtra.
Byrne, D. (2005). Social Exclusion. New Delhi: Rawat.
Chalam K. S. (2007). Caste -based Reservations and Human Development in India. New
Delhi: Sage.
Chatterjee, M. S. & Sharma, U. (2003). Contextualizing Caste: Post - Dumontian
Approaches. New Delhi: Rawat.
Dasgupta, A. (Ed.). (2012). On the Margins: Tribes, Castes and Other Soci al categories,
Studies in Indian Sociology. New Delhi: Sage.
Deshpande, S. (2013), “Caste and Castelessness: Towards a Biography of the ‘General
Category’”, Economic and Political Weekly; xlviii (15); 32‐39.
Further Readings:
Gaikwad. S.L. (1999). Protective Discrimination Policy and Social Change. New Delhi:
Rawat.
Geetha V. & Rajadurai, S. V. (1999). Towards Non - Brahmin Millennium. Calcutta: Samya.
Gupta, D. (2000), Interrogating Caste: Understanding hierarchy and difference in Indian
society . New Delhi, Penguin.
Ilaiah. K. (1996). Why I Am Not a Hindu: A Sudra critique of Hindutva Philosophy, Culture
and Political Economy . Calcutta, Samya.
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Jaffrelot, C. (2005) Dr Ambedkar and Untouchability: Analysing and Fighting Caste.
London, C. Hurst and Co. Publishers.
Jodhka, S. (2012), (ed.) Changing Caste: Mobility, Ideology, Identity . New Delhi, Sage
Publications.
Kotani H. (1991). Caste System, Untouchability and the Depressed. New Delhi: Manohar.
Mahar, J.M. (1998). The Untouchables in Contemporary Ind ia. New Delhi: Rawat.
Mohanty, M. (ed.). (2004). Class, Caste, Gender . New Delhi, Sage Publications.
Nathan, D. & Xaxa, V. (2012). Social Exclusion and Adverse Inclusion. New Delhi: Oxford
University Press.
Omvedt, G. (2004), “Caste System and Hinduism”, Economic and Political Weekly , 39
(11); 1179‐1180
Shah, G. (2004), Caste and Democratic Practice in India . London, Anthem Press.
Shah, G. (Ed.). (2001). Dalit Identity and Politics. New Delhi: Sage.
Sharma, G. (2009). Social and Political Empowerment of Indian Dalits. New Delhi:
Jnanada Prakashan.
Sharma, K. L. (2001). Reconceptualising Caste Class and Tribe. New Delhi: Rawat.
Thorat, S. & Umakant (Eds.), (2004). Caste, race and Discrimination. Jaipur & New Delhi:
Rawat.
Ursula, S (1999), Caste (Concepts in the Social Sciences) . New York, Open University
Press.
Varshney, A. (2001), “Ethnic Conflict and Civil Society: India and Beyond”. World
Politics ; 53, (3): 362‐398.
Xaxa, V. (2008). State Society and Tribes. New Delhi: Pearson Longman.
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CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
[CC 603] [6 Credits]
Course Objectives
1. Learner shall be able to Understand the diversification of Anthropology,
2. Recognise the diverse both in terms of the disciplinary bounda ries as well as
geographical locations
Course Outcome
1.To assess an awareness of the hybrid locations of anthropology in post -colonial,
globalised and media saturated world.
2.Analyse reflexive turn in anthropology by the recognition of multiple locations
Unit1. Conceptual Understanding
a) Neo-evolutionism
b) Cultural materialism
c) Cultural ecology
d) Symbolic and interpretive anthropology
Unit. Theories and Types
a) Cognitive anthropology
b) Actor network theory
c) World anthropologies
d) Public anthropology
Unit 3 Diverse Perspectives
a) Post structuralist anthropology
b) Postcolonial anthropology
c) Feminist anthropology
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d) Virtual anthropology
Unit IV. Anthropology and Contempo rary Debates
a) Anthropology of development
b) Anthropology of the nation state
c) Anthropology of civic societies and social movements
d) Hybridization of culture in the global age
References
Applebaum, H.A. (1987). Perspectives in Cultural Anthropology. New York: State
University of New York Press.
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University of California Press.
Boellstorff, T. (2016). For Whom the Ontology Turns: Theorizing the Digital Real. Current
Anthropology . 57 (4): 387 - 407.
Brightman, M. & Lewis, J. (Eds.). (2017). The Anthropology of Sustainability: Beyond
Development and Progress . Palgrave Macmillan.
Candea, M. (Ed.)., (2018). Schools and Styles of Anthropological Theory . London & New
York: Routledge.
Clark -Deces, I. (2011). Blackwell Companions to Anthropology: A Companion to the
Anthropology of India. Oxford: Wiley -Blackwell.
Clifford, J. & Marcus, G.E., (Eds.). (1986). Writing Culture: The Poetics and Politics of
Ethnography . Berkeley & London: Uni versity of California Press.
Das, V. (Ed.). (2003). The Oxford India Companion to Sociology and Social Anthropology .
New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Erickson, P.A. & Murphy, L.D., (2017). Readings for a History of Anthropological Theory .
(5th Edition) . Ontario: University of Toronto Press.
Eversole, R. (2018). Anthropology of Development: From Theory to Practice . London &
New York: Routledge.
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Hannerz, U. (2016). Writing Future Worlds: An Anthropologist Explores Global Scenarios .
Palgrave Macmillan.
Marcus, G.E., & Fischer, M.M.J. (1999). Anthropology as Cultural Critique: An
Experimental Moment in the Human Sciences . Chicago & London: The University of
Chicago Press.
Mathur, N. (2016). Paper Tiger: Law, Bureaucracy and the Developmental State in
Himalayan India . Delhi: Cambridge University press.
McGee, R.J. & Warms, R.L., (2019). Anthropological Theory: An Introductory History (7th
Edition). Rowman & Littlefield.
Moberg, M., (2018). Engaging Anthropological Theory: A Social and Political History .
London & New York: Routledge.
Moore, H.L. & Sanders, T. (Eds.). (2014). Anthropology in Theory: Issues in Epistemology .
Malden, M.A.: Blackwell Publishing.
Moore, J.D. (Ed.). (2009). Visions of Culture: Annotated Reader . Lanham, MD.: Altamira
Press
Ortner , S.B. (1984). Theory in Anthropology Since the Sixties. Comparative Studies in
Society and History . 26 (1): 126 - 166.
Ortner, S.B., (2016). Dark Anthropology and its Others: Theory Since the Eighties. HAU:
Journal of Ethnographic Theory 6 (1): 47 –73.
Sharma, A. & Gupta, A. (Eds.). (2006). Anthropology of the State: A Reader. Malden,
M.A.: Blackwell Publishing.
Uberoi, P. et al. (Eds.). (2007). Anthropology in the East: Founders of Indian Sociology
and Anthropology. Ranikhet: Permanent Black.
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SOCIOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT & GLOBALIZATION
[CC.604] [6 Credits]
Course Objectives:
1. Understand and recognise the way development is conceptualised and
contested in sociology
2.Explain and interpret various perspectives of development and globalisation
Course outcome
1.Evaluate mechanisms of understanding systems and perspectives of vario us
theories in understanding the modern and post -modern world from the
perspective of marginal social locations
2.Assess critical awareness among learners through practical assignments about
development and globalisation
I. Introduction
a) Genealogy of the i dea of Development
b) Theories Modernization
c) Concept of Globalization and its impact
d) Human Development Index
II. Theoretical Issues
a) Marxist & Neo Marxist Theories of Development -A.G. Frank, S. Amin, I.
Wallerstein
b) Post -development -Development as discourse - A. Escobar, W. Sachs
c) Globalization and Development: Manuel Castells; A. Appadurai - Scapes
d) Feminist Theories of Development
III. Alternatives to Development
a) M.K.Gandhi & B.R. Ambedkar
b) P. Bourdeiu & R. Putnam - Social Capital
c) Capabitity/ Rights Based Approach - Amartya Sen/ J. Dreze/ M. Nussbaum
d) Environment and Development
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IV. Development Issues: Indian Context
a) Independent India - The ‘Development Project’ (1947 - 1970s)
b) Structural Adjustment & Liberalization -The ‘Globalisatio n Project’ (1980s -
2000)
c) State & Economy - Pro- Business Tilt - (2005 Onwards)
d) Illusions of Inclusion - Caste/ Tribe/ Marginal Groups
Readings
Alavi, H. & T. Shanin. 1982. Introduction to the Sociology of Developing Societies.
Macmillan.
Apffel - Marglin. F., S. Kumar & A. Mishra.ed. 2010. Interrogating Development - Insights
from the Margins ed. OUP.
Appadurai. A. 1990. Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy. Theory
Culture Society 1990; 7; 295.
Deshpande,S. 2003. Contemporary India - A Sociological View. Penguin Books. India.
Escobar Arturo, 1995, Encountering Development, the making and unmaking of the
third world, Princeton University Press, Princeton
Gandhi, M.K. Hind Swaraj, in R.lyer ed., The Moral & Political Writings of Mahatma
Gandhi, Vol. I, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1986
Harrison D.H., 1988, The Sociology of Modernization and Development, London
Routledge, Kegan Paul co.es
Harrison, D.1989.The Sociology of Modernization and Development. New Delhi: Sage
Kohl i, A. 2012. Poverty Amid Plenty in the New India. Cambridge University Press. New
York.
Kohli. A. 2004. State Directed Development - Political Power & Industrialization in the
Global Periphery. Cambridge University Press. UK.
Kothari Uma, A Radical History of Development Studies, Individuals, Institutions and
ideologies, David Philip, Zed books, New York.
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Leys. C. 1996. The Rise & Fall of Development Theory. Indiana University Press.
Munck, R. & D. O’Hearn. ed. 1999.Critical Development Theory. Zed Books. L ondon.
Nederveen Pieterse, J. 2001. Development Theory - Deconstructions/ Reconstructions.
Sage. London.
Parfitt. T.2002. The End of Development - Modernity, Postmodernity &Development.
Pluto Press. London.
Peet.R. (with E. Hartwick) 1999. Theories of Devel opment. The Guildford Press. New
York.
Sachs, W. ed. 1997.The Development Dictionary. Orient Longman. Hyderabad.
Any other relevant text or reading suggested by the teacher
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