Sociology I
C.W Mills in his theory of sociological imagination tries to bridge between the personal acts in the milieu of larger society's existence in the form of 'biography' and 'history' respectively. Elaborate. (b) Early sociologists like Comte and Durkheim attempted to establish sociology as a distinct discipline... but contemporary sociology is characterised by interdisciplinary approach. Discuss. (c) Define phenomenology as a study of social phenomena in everyday social contexts. How did Schutz and Berger-Luckmann contribute to this? Critically examine.
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Syllabus: Sociology - The Discipline: (a) Modernity and social changes in Europe and emergence of Sociology. (b) Scope of the subject and comparison with other social sciences. (c) Sociology and common sense.
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