Society and Community
Society and community: Understanding their dynamics, characteristics, and differences in social structures and interactions.
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Society and community: Understanding their dynamics, characteristics, and differences in social structures and interactions.
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Religion is an important aspect of human society. It influences the way people interact with each other, as well as with the natural and supernatural world. Religion also reflects the values, norms, and beliefs of a society, and shapes its culture and identity. Therefore, religion is an important subject matter for sociology, which is the
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The Emergence of Sociology- Modernity and Social Changes in Europe and the emergence of sociology | UPSC Mains Sociology Notes
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Karl Marx defined alienation as a socio-psychological state of estrangement or isolation of an individual from both themselves and others.
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The concept of the “patriarchal bargain,” as eloquently put forth by feminist writer Deniz Kandiyoti in her 1998 paper “Bargaining with Patriarchy” delves deep into the intricate dynamics of women’s roles within patriarchal societies. It’s a concept that sheds light on the decisions women make in such societies, decisions often driven by a desire to
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Max Weber: Influential sociologist and economist. Bureaucratic theory, Protestant Ethic thesis. Key figure in social sciences.
Karl Marx : the revolutionary philosopher, economist, and father of Marxism, shaping modern political thought.
Demographic dividend refers to the economic growth potential that can result from changes in a population’s age structure, specifically when the share of the working-age population (usually considered to be between 15-64 years of age) is larger than the non-working-age population (below 15 and above 64 years of age).
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Son Meta Preference: The Economic Survey (2017-2018) has mentioned that the desire for a male child has created 21 million “unwanted” girls in India between 0 and 25 years.
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Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism: Max Weber’s Theory of Religion Prior to Max Weber, Karl Marx had said that religion is a part of the superstructure of society. Hence, it is always influenced by the economic base. Marx also said that class struggle is the only cause behind social change. Rejecting this view in
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Started in 1925, the self-respect movement was an Anti-Brahmin, anti-caste Movement led by Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy (EVR) in Tamil Nadu.
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Dumont believes that Jajmani System makes use of hereditary personal relationships to express the division of labour.
Gabriel Almond classified pressure groups into four different types:-Associational, Non-Associational. Institutional, and Anomic.
Non-positivist methodologies in Sociology-Hermeneutics/Verstehen, Symbolic interactionism, Phenomenology, Ethnomethodology
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Poverty Theories in Sociology: Sociological Perspective of Poverty, Factors Responsible for Poverty: Cultural Poverty, Functional Perspective
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