socioOLOGY

Approach

Watch What is Sociology, How to score high, a topper's approach.

Timestamps

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Books & lectures

Books and lectures are closely inter-linked. To many classes, students come preprared reading the books. They are expected to go through the class notes as well as the books once again. Without the books, you would not be able to make best use of the course.

Systems of kinship Paper 1, Ch: 9; Paper 2, Ch: B (v), (xi) (b), (xiii) c

Watch Gender.

Read Cultural Anthropology.

Caste & Class Paper 1, Ch: 5; Paper 2, Ch: A (i), (ii); B (i), (ii), (iv), (xi) c, (xiii) d

Watch Stratification.

Read Caste & Religion in India

Religion Paper 1, Ch. 8; Pape 2 Ch: B (vi), (x) d, (xiii) e

Watch Religion, Indian Society.

Read Cultural Anthropology, Caste and Religion in India.

Tribal India Paper 2, Ch: B (iii), (xi) d, e, (xiii) a, e

Watch Tribal India& Thought,Tribes

Read Tribal India & Social Thought

Sociological Thought Paper 1, Ch: 1 to 4

Watch Sociological Thought

Read Sociological Thought , Cultural Anthropology

Book list

Take the following books of mine:

1. Cultural Anthropology

2. Caste & Religion in India

3. Sociological Thought: In the Light of J Krishnamurti ( Browse this through cartoons.)

4. Tribal India & Social Thought

5. Economy: Concepts & Issues ( Browse this through cartoons)

5. IAS Sociology which gives classification of PYQs - 2012 to 2022

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SYLLABUS HOW COVERED

Gender 1: sex & gender

Read Cultural Anthrpology, Ch: 9; Watch Gender.

G 2: gender hierarchy

Read Cultural Anthrpology, Ch: 10; Watch Gender.

G 3: marriage

Read Cultural Anthrpology, Ch: 11, 12; Watch Gender.

G 4: kinship

Read Cultural Anthrpology, Ch: 13; Watch Gender.

G 5: kinship in North & South India

Read Cultural Anthrpology, Ch: 14, 15; Watch Gender.

G 6: discussion on a) the movie Thappad b) sexual violence

Read Notes; Watch Gender. No quiz.

G 7: LGBTQ

Read Cultural Anthropology, Ch: 17, 18; Notes; Watch Gender. No quiz.

G 8: gender & Islam

Read Notes; Watch Gender. No quiz. Also watch The Prophet

Stratification 1: origins

Read Caste & Religion in India, Ch:1 Watch Stratification

S 2: ANI, ASI and India's uncomfortable origins

Read Caste & Religion in India, Ch:3 ( transcript of the video) You will enjoy this movie Mohenjodaro

S 3: Marx, Weber, Neo-Marxism

Read Caste & Religion in India, Ch:4 Watch Stratification

Reference: Documentary on Marx

S 4: Risley, Ghurye, Dumont

Read Caste & Religion in India, Ch:5 Watch Stratification

S 5: MN Srinivas

Read Caste and Religion in India, Ch: 6; Watch Stratification

S 6: AR Desai

Read Caste and Religion in India, Ch: 7; Watch Stratification

S 7: Phule, Narayana Guru, Periyar

Read Caste and Religion in India, Ch: 8; Watch Stratification

S 8: Ambedkar, Gandhi

Read Caste and Religion in India, Ch: 9; Watch Stratification

S 9: Andre Beteille, Dipankar Gupta

Read Caste and Religion in India, Ch: 10; Watch Stratification

Religion 1: Its forms

Read Cultural Anthropology, Ch: 20; Watch Religion

R 2: Marx & Durkheim

Read Cultural Anthropology, Ch: 21; Watch Religion

R 3: Jainism, Buddhism, Hinduism

Read Caste & Religion in India, Ch: 11, 12, 13; Watch Religion

R 4: Ambedkar & Buddhism

Read Caste & Religion in India, Ch: 14, 15; Watch Religion

R 5: Conversions & Christianity in North East

Read Caste & Religion in India, Ch: 16; Watch Religion

R 6: Religion and Politics

Read Caste & Religion in India, Ch: 17; Watch Religion

R 7: Religious minorities

Read Caste & Religion in India, Ch: 19; Watch Religion Also watch on Muhammad

Tribes 1: What is a tribe?

Read Tribal India & Social Thought Ch: 1; Watch Tribes

T 2: a) 5th & 6th Schedules b) Birhor

Read Tribal India & Social Thought Ch: 2, 14; Watch Tribes

T 3: Tribes of Andaman & Nicobar islands

Read Tribal India & Social Thought Ch: 17-21; Watch Tribes.

For images and videos watch Tribal India and Thought.

T 4: Elwin, Ghurye

Read Tribal India & Social Thought Ch: 30, 31; Watch Tribes.

T 5: NK Bose, Irawati Karve

Read Tribal India & Social Thought Ch: 32, 34; Watch Tribes.

T 6: Nagaland, Manipur

Read Tribal India & Social Thought Ch: 22, 23; Watch Tribes.

T 7: Ethnonationalism, Mizos, Bodos

Read Tribal India & Social Thought Ch: 24, 25; Watch Tribes.

T 8: LARR, FRA, PESA

Read Tribal India & Social Thought Ch: 3, 4; Watch Tribes.

T 9: PYQs on social movements

Read Tribal India & Social Thought Ch: 5, 11, 12, 26 ; Watch Tribes.

Sociological Thought 1: Karl Marx

Read Sociological Thought Ch: Karl Marx; Watch Sociolgical Thought.

ST 2: Emile Durkheim

Read Sociological Thought Ch: Emile Durkheim ; Watch Sociolgical Thought.

ST 3: Max Weber

Read Sociological Thought Ch: Max Weber ; Watch Sociolgical Thought.

ST 4: Talcott Parsons

Read Sociological Thought Ch: Talcott Parsons ; Watch Sociolgical Thought.

ST 5: Merton, Mead, Cooley

Read Sociological Thought Ch: Merton, Mead, Cooley; Watch Sociolgical Thought.

ST 6: Emergence of Sociology

Watch Sociolgical Thought. Read Sociological Thought Ch: Comte. Refer to Modern World, for a better grasp of world events. Watch Industrial Revolution.

ST 7: Research methods

Read Cultural Anthrlopology Ch: 4; Watch Sociolgical Thought.

ST 8: Postmodernism

Read Sociological Thought chapters: Kant, Derrida, Foucault. Read Notes on Fayerabend. Watch Sociolgical Thought.