Communalism, Fundamentalism and Secularism in a Plural Society

Definition and Features of Social Institutions. Self Explanatory

Types of Social Institutions

• Kinship
• Kinship and Marriage: Many Rules and Varied Practices
• Family and Kinship

Definition and Concepts of Religion and Science; Beliefs, Rituals, Superstitions, Taboo

• Definition of Religion and Society

Theories of Religion: Animism, Naturism, Totemism, Functional Theorie

• Theories of Religion

Functions and Dysfunctions of Religion

• Functions and Dysfunctions of Religion

Communalism, Fundamentalism and Secularism in a Plural Society

• Communalism, Fundamentalism and Secularism in a Plural Society

Morality and Social Control

• Morality and Social Control

Economic Organisation

• Economic Organisation

Economies of Indian Tribes

• Economies of Indian Tribes

Agrarian Economy, Jajmani System and Rural Employment.

• Agrarian Economy, Jajmani System and Rural Employment

Traditional Markets

• Traditional Markets

Definition of Tribe, Features and Classification

• Definition of Tribe, Features and Classification

Dormitories in Tribal India

• Dormitories in Tribal India

Contact of tribes with wider society (assimilation, acculturation and isolation; tribal transformation)

• Contact of Tribes with Wider Society

Present Conditions, Problems and Solutions

• Present Conditions, Problems and Solutions of Indian Tribal

Social Stratification: the Elements

• Social Stratification: the Elements

Class

• Class: the Class System: Its Nature, Development, Types of Classes

Caste

• Caste

Race and Ethnicity

• Race and Ethnicity

Gender

• Gender: Difference Between Sex and Gender, Patriarchal Ideology and the Status of Women in Independent India

Social Change and Development

• Social Change and Development

Aspects of Development

• Aspects of Development

Social Movements: Meaning, Causes and Their Role in Society.

• Social Movements: Meaning, Causes and Their Role in Society.

Role of Education in Creating Social Change

• Role of Education in Creating Social Change

Role of Mass Media in Creating Social Change

• Role of Mass Media in Creating Social Change