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B.A. LL.B. (Five Years) Theoretical Perspectives of Sociology Syllabus - SPPU 2026

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Semester 2 · First Year · 4 credits

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Syllabus for Theoretical Perspectives of Sociology

Semester 2 · First Year · 4 credits

Objectives of the Course

  • This course is intended to familiarize the students with the social, political, economic and intellectual theoretical context in which sociology emerged as a distinctive discipline and has had a significant influence on the legislative framework of law. It includes both Western and Indian Sociological perspectives. Its objective is to help students gain an understanding of some of the classical contributions in sociology, and their continuing relevance to its contemporary concerns

Module 01: Introduction

  • 1. Significance and Importance of Theory
  • 2. Enlightenment - The social, economic and political forces
  • 3. The French and Industrial Revolutions in the development of sociological thought
  • 4. Indian Movements and their contribution for the development of sociology in India

Module 02: Schools of Sociological Theory and Content of Theories - an Overview

  • 1. Significance of Theories and their relationship to Law
  • 2. Schools of sociological theories - Functionalism, Conflict School, Social Action Perspective

Module 03: Significant Western Sociological Thinkers

  • 1. Auguste Comte - Positivism - Impact of Science on Society
  • 2. Herbert Spencer - Social Darwinism; Super - organic evolution
  • 3. Emile Durkheim - Social Solidarity - Social Structure and Individuals Actions -Social Relations
  • 4. Karl Marx - Dialectic and Historical Materialism - Class and Class Conflict Importance of Labour in Production
  • 5. Max Weber - Power - Authority and Legitimacy and the concept of Ideal Type - connection between culture and economy

Module 04: Significant Indian Sociological Thinkers

  • 1. G.S Ghurye and Iravati karve - Indological Perspective
  • 2. M.N. Srinivas - Caste and Caste Systems - Social Stratification
  • 3. A.R.Desai-Marxist perspective
  • 4. Andre Beteille - Caste - Class perspective
  • 5. Gail Omvedt - anti-caste movements - environmental movements - farmer’s and women’s movements

Module 05: Introduction to Feminist Theories

  • 1. Types of Feminism
  • 2. Current Debates

Recommended Readings

  • 1. Aron, Raymond. 1967 (1982 reprint). Main Currents in Sociological Thoughts (2 volumes). Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books.
  • 2. Barnes, H.E. 1959. Introduction to the history of sociology. Chicago The University of Chicago press.
  • 3. Coser, Lewis A. 1979. Masters of Sociological Thought. New York: Harcourt Brance Jovanovich.
  • 4. Fletcher, Ronald. 1994. The Making of Sociology (2 volumes) Jaipur, Rawat.
  • 5. Morrison, Ken.1995 Marx, Durkheim, Weber: Formation of Modern Social Thought. London; sage.
  • 6. Ritzer, George. 1996. Sociological Theory. New Delhi. Tata-McGraw Hill.
  • 7. Singh, Yogendra. 1986 Indian Sociology: Social Conditioning and Emerging Trends. New Delhi: Vistaar.
  • 8. Zeitlin, Irving.1998 (Indian Edition). Re-thinking Sociology: A critique of Contemporary Theory. Jaipur: Rawat.
  • 9. Paramjit S Judge: Foundations of Classical Sociological Theory, 2012, New Delhi Pearson.
  • 10. Omvedt, G. (2006). Perspective of anti-caste movement: Subaltern sociological vision.
  • 11. Ambedkar, B. R. (2004). Castes in India: Their mechanism, genesis and development. Readings in Indian Government and Politics Class, Caste, Gender, 131-53.
  • 12. Omvedt, G. (1994). Dalits and the Democratic Revolution: Dr. Ambedkar and the Dalit Movement in Colonial India. Delhi: Sage Publications.
  • 13. Jayaram, N. (2013). The Bombay School -So-called -and Its Legacies. Sociological Bulletin. 62 (2).
  • 14. Desai, A. (1981). Relevance of Marxist Approach for India. Sociological Bulletin,30(1): 1- 20
  • 15. Ghurye, G. (1932). Caste and Race in India. London: Kegan Paul.
  • 16. Srinivas, M. (2004). Collected Essays. Delhi: Oxford University Press.
  • 17. Upadhyay, C. (2000). The Hindu Nationalist Sociology of G. S. Ghurye, Sociological Bulletin 51(1):27-56
  • 18. Chodhuri Maitreyee (2004): Feminism in India, Women Unlimited, New Delhi.
  • 19. Chakravarty Uma: Gendering caste through a Feminist Lens, Stree, Calcutta,2003.
  • 20. Rege Sharmila: Sociology of gender, Sage, New Delhi, 2003.
  • 21. Rege, S. (1998). Dalit Women Talk Differently: A Critique of Differences and Towards a Dalit Feminist Standpoint Position.

Reproduced from the Savitribai Phule Pune University Revised Curriculum of Undergraduate Degree Programs of Law, the 2023 pattern as amended on 18 July 2024. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.

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