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    This course aims to help students understand the nature and philosophy of social sciences, specifically sociology. It will examine the relationship between sociology and other disciplines like physics, biology, history, anthropology, psychology, linguistics, and economics. Major debates in classical sociology will be discussed, such as positivism vs hermeneutics, and structural functionalism vs structuralism. Methodological debates in Indian sociology, including sociology vs indology and structural functionalism vs historical perspectives, will also be analyzed. The course outcome is for students to have a basic understanding of social science methodology.

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    This course aims to help students understand the nature and philosophy of social sciences, specifically sociology. It will examine the relationship between sociology and other disciplines like physics, biology, history, anthropology, psychology, linguistics, and economics. Major debates in classical sociology will be discussed, such as positivism vs hermeneutics, and structural functionalism vs structuralism. Methodological debates in Indian sociology, including sociology vs indology and structural functionalism vs historical perspectives, will also be analyzed. The course outcome is for students to have a basic understanding of social science methodology.

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    This course aims to help students understand the nature and philosophy of social sciences, specifically sociology. It will examine the relationship between sociology and other disciplines like physics, biology, history, anthropology, psychology, linguistics, and economics. Major debates in classical sociology will be discussed, such as positivism vs hermeneutics, and structural functionalism vs structuralism. Methodological debates in Indian sociology, including sociology vs indology and structural functionalism vs historical perspectives, will also be analyzed. The course outcome is for students to have a basic understanding of social science methodology.

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    SO1202 Methodology of Social Sciences [3104]

    Course Objective(s):
     To understand the nature and the philosophy of the social sciences in
    general and sociology in particular.
     To understand the relationship of sociology with other sciences.
     To understand the major methodological issues and debates in
    contemporary sociological thought.
     To understand the application of methodology in research design and
    framework in sociology.

    Course Outcome:
     To help students to have the basic understanding of methodology of social
    sciences.

    Course Outline:
    The Nature and Function of Social Sciences: The Ideas of Social Sciences:
    The Beginning, The Logic of Disciplines of Social Sciences
    Sociology and other Social Sciences: Sociology and Physics (Durkheim),
    Sociology and Biology (Merton), Sociology and History (Levi Strauss), Sociology
    and Anthropology (Radcliffe Brown), Sociology and Psychology (Durkheim and
    Marcel Mauss), Sociology and Linguistics (Levi Strauss), Sociology and Economics
    (Karl Marx)
    Major Debates in Classical Sociology: Positivism vs Hermeneutics (Durkheim
    vs Weber), Verification vs Falsification (Kuhn vs Popper), Structural Functionalism
    vs Structuralism (Radcliffe Brown vs Levi Strauss), Structuralists vs Post -
    Structuralists (Levi Strauss vs Derrida/Foucault)
    Methodological Debates in Indian Sociology: Sociology vs Indology
    (Dumont vs Bailey), Structural Functional vs Historical (M.N.Srinivas vs A.R.
    Desai); Relevance of Subaltern perspective
    References:
     Durkheim, E. (1938). The Rules of Sociological Method, London: Free Press.
     Mills, C.W. (1959). The Sociological Imagination, London: Penguin.
     Mukerjee, R. (1960). The Philosophy of Social Science, New York: Macmillan &
    Co.
     Mukherji, P. N. (2000). Methodology in Social Research: Dilemmas and
    Perspectives, New Delhi: Sage.
     Nisbet, R. (1967). The Sociological Tradition, London: Heineman.
     Radcliffe Brown, A.R. (1957). A Natural Science of Society, Glenocoe: The Free
    Press.
     Singh, Y. (1983). Image of Man, Delhi: Chanakya.
     Srinivas, M. N. et al, (1979). The Fieldworker and the Field: Problems and
    Challenges in Sociological Investigation, Delhi: OUP.

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