HIDAYATULLAH NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY

Raipur (Chhattisgarh)
Course Curriculum: Sociology (2012)
Syllabus for IIIrd Semester (Major& Minor) 2012
Title of the Course: Indian Society: Structure & Processes
Course Instructors: Dr. Ayan Hazra and Dr. Uttam K. Panda
Unit 1: Evolution of Indian Society
Hindu Philosophy & characteristics, Philosophical Literature, The Ashramas, The
Purusharthas, Impact of other religion-Buddhism and Islam
Unit 2: The Caste System
Perspectives, Origin & Characteristics of Caste, Weaker Sections
Unit 3: Social Movements in India
Characteristics & Types, Reform Movements, Backward classes Movement, Agrarian Unrest or
Peasant movement
Unit 4: Women& Society
Historical Background, Position of Women in India, Views of Manu and Gandhi, Development
and Welfare
Unit 5: Gender and Society
Human Sexuality, Gender, Theories of Gender Inequality
Unit 6: Tribal Life in India
Distinctive features, Tribe & Caste, Tribal Problems, Tribal Movements, Tribal Welfare
Unit 7: Indological and Textual Perspective
R.K. Mukerjee: Methodology, Universal Civilization, Personality, Society and Values, Social
Ecology

Unit 8: G.S.Ghurye
Caste and Kinship, Tribe, Culture and Civilization, National Unity and Integration
Unit 9: Louis Dumont
Methodology, Homo hierarchies, Caste system, Pure and Impure, Theory of Varnas
Unit10: Structural- Functional Perspective
M.N.Srinivas: Religion and Society, Study of Village, Sanskritization, Idea of Dominant Caste

Selected Readings

Social Stratification and Mobility by K. L. Sharma, Rawat Publications

Homo Hierachicus: The Caste System and its Implication by Louis Dumont, Weidenfeld
and Nicolson
Religion and Society among the Coorgs of South India, M. N. Srinivas, Oxford
University Press
Caste, Class and Power by Andre Beteille, Oxford University Press
Caste and Class in India by G. S. Ghurye, Popular Book Depot
Sociology of Indian Society by C.N.Shankar Rao, S. Chand
Indian Social System by Ram Ahuja, Rawat publications
Domestic Violence against Women by Preeti Mishra
Society and Culture in India: Their dynamics through the ages by Indra Deva
Indian Sociological Thought by B.K.Nagla, Rawat
The Dynamics of Rural Society by R.K. Mukherjee, Akademie Verlag, Berlin