INDIAN SOCIAL SYSTEM

Paper Code: 
SOC 202
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Outcomes (COs):

Course  outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

On completion of this course, the students will be able to;

CO20: Recognize the continuity between past and present.

CO21: Examine the impact of different religions on Indian society.

CO22: Identify the orthogenetic and heterogenetic forces of social change in India and to develop better understanding of their situation and region.

CO23: Examine the process of planned change and nation building in India.

CO24:Reflect on the cultural challenges of the social system

Interactive Lectures, Power Point Presentations, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments,Self- learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Giving tasks

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

9.00
  • Basic Institutions: Marriage System in India: Religious and Cultural Variations (Hindu and Muslim Marriage).                                                               
  • Family System in India (Hindu joint family).                                                
  • Changing Dimensions of Marriage and Family.

 

9.00
  • Religion and Society: Basic tenets of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Islam; Their Contribution to Indian Society.

 

9.00
  • Social Change in India: Sanskritization, Westernization, Modernization and Secularization.

 

9.00

The Globalization Process: It’s Impact on Indian Culture and Society

9.00
  • Planned Change in Indian Society: Concept, Features and Obstacles              
  • Nation Building in Indian Society: Concept, Process and Role of Youth.

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Ahuja R., 2006, India Social System. Jaipur: Rawat Publications
  • Singh, Yogendra 2003, Cultural Change in India: Crisis and Resilience. Jaipur: Rawat Publications.
  • Atal, Yogesh. 2006, Changing Indian Society, Jaipur: Rawat Publications.

 

 

References: 

·      Karve, Irawati, 1961 : Hindu Society : An Interpretation .Poona: Deccan College

·      Lannoy, Richad, 1971 : The Speaking Tree : A Study of Indian Society and Culture Delhi : Oxford University Press

·      Mandelbaum, D.G., 1970 Society in India .Bombay : Popular Prakashan

·      Dumont, L. Homo Hierarchicus, 1980, Caste System and Its Implications, Chicago, University of Chicago Press.

·      Ghurye, G.S., Caste and Class in India,1957,  Bombay: Popular Prakshan

·      Appadurai, Arjun, 1997, Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization. New Delhi: OUP.

·      Sharma, K.L.; 2007; Indian Social Structure and Change, Rawat Publications.

·      Srinivas, M.N., 1963: Social Change in Modern India.California, Berekeley : University of California Press

·      Singh, Yogendra, 1973: Modernization of Indian Tradition.Jaipur: Rawat Publications

·      Uberoi, Particia, 1993: Family, Kinship and Marriage in India .New Delhi : Oxford University Press

·      Kapadia, K.M.1966: Marriage and Family in India.London:Oxford University Press.

·      Kuppuswamy, B. 1993: Social Change in India, Delhi: Konark Publishers Pvt. Ltd.

·      Uberoi, Patricia 1993. Family, Marriage and Kinship in India, New Delhi: Oxford University Press

 

e-RESOURCES:

·         https://libguides.humboldt.edu/openedu/soc

·         https://library.uhv.edu/sociology

·         https://jstor-iisu.refread.com/stable/j.ctv3c0thf

·         https://www.youtube.com/embed/JJ0nFD19eT8

·         https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/jainism/

·         https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/homestudy/humanities

 

JOURNALS:

·      Cultural Studies, Taylor and Francis

·      Contemporary Sociology, Sage Publications

Contributions to Indian Sociology, Sage Publications

Academic Session: 
2022-23
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