Sociology Third Semester Syllabus

INDIAN SOCIETY TRADITION AND CHANGE

Unit 1: Study of Indian Society

• Traditional Features of Indian Society
• The Philosophical Basis of Hindu Social Organization

1. Purusharthas
2. Varna System
3. Ashramas

Unit 2: Cultural Dimensions of Indian Society

• Impact of Buddhism
• Impcat of Islam
• Impact of the West

Unit 3: Marriage in India

• Hindu Marriage - Hindu Marriage as a Sacrament
• Muslim Marriage - Muslim Marriage as a Civil Contract, Divorce among Muslims
• Christian Marriage - Marriage Practice among Christians
• Changing Trends in Hindu, Muslim and Christian Marriages

Unit 4: Family in India

• Joint Family and Nuclear Family - Meaning and Characteristics
• IravathiKarve’s views on Kinship

Unit 5: Caste System

• G.S. Ghuryes Analysis of Caste and its Features
• Caste in Contemporary Indian Society

Past Paper Questions (2005 - 2011)

Books for Reference

1. A.P.Barbabas & C.Subhash Mehta / Caste in changing India
2. C.P.Bhatnagar / The Crisis in Indian Society
3. Devabrata Bose / Problems of Indian Society
4. S.C.Dube / Indian Society
5. J.H.Hutton / Caste in India
6. R.Indira / Bharatiya Samaja
7. K.M.Kapadia / Marriage & Family in India
8. B.Kuppuswamy / Dharma & Society-A Study in Social Values
9. T.N.Madan (ed) / Islamic Social Institutions
10. David G.Mandelbamm / Society in India I Community and Change, II Change and Continuity
11. M.Nanjammanni / Bharatiya Samajada Samsthanagalu
12. M.Narayan & Vishwa / Bharatiya Samajada Adhayana
13. P.N.Prabhu / Hindu Social Organisation
14. C.N.Shakara Rao / Bharatiya Samaja
15. S.Rajashekara / Bharatiya Samaja
16. S.K.Rmachandra Rao / Social Institutions among the Hindus
17. R.N.Sharma / Indian Society
18. B.N.Varma / Contemporary India