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Discuss the different aspects of the term ‘society’. How is it different from your common sense of understanding?
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Discuss the different aspects of the term ‘society’. How is it different from your common sense of understanding?
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Why do we need to use special terms and concepts in sociology?
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Discuss the kind of rights that exist in your society. How do they affect your life?
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Write an essay on school as a social institution. Draw from both your reading as well as your personal observations.
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Discuss how these social institutions interact with each other. You can start the discussion from yourself as a senior school student. And move on to how you are shaped by different social institutions. Are you entirely controlled or can you also resist and redefine social institutions?
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How does the understanding of culture in social science differ from the everyday use of the word `culture’?
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Why is the question of a scientific method particularly important in sociology?
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Describe in your own words what you understand by the term `ecology’.
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Why is ecology not limited only to the forces of nature?
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Describe the two-way process by which social environments emerge.
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Why and how does social organisation shape the relationship between the environment and society?
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Why is environmental management a complex and huge task for society?
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Can you identify any ideas or theories which have led to the formation of social movements in India in recent times?
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How did Ananthakrishna Iyer and Sarat Chandra Roy come to practice social anthropology?
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What were the main arguments on either side of the debate about how to relate to tribal communities?
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Outline the positions of Herbert Risley and G.S. Ghurye on the relationship between race and caste in India.
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Summarise the social anthropological definition of caste.
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What does D.P. Mukerji mean by a `living tradition’? Why did he insist that Indian sociologists be rooted in this tradition?
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What are the specificities of Indian culture and society, and how do they affect the pattern of change?
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