Yaksh ChaudharyAIR 6 · CSE 2021 · 187 wordsTheir whole copy
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S C Dube studied Shamirpet village near Hyderabad. He used structural functionalist perspective in his study and analysed different social institutions, practices and interactions in the village society.
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S C Dube criticised the view that villages in India are isolated. He advocated that individuals of village are part of community (i.e. caste, Religion etc.) which span outside the boundaries of the village. These social institutions of caste and Religion have their own organisation and sanction mechanism.
Caste system in India is based on pollution and purity principle. The basis of caste system lies in ritual concepts and not economic.
Writing about religion of the village, he advocated that two main religions of village (i.e. Hinduism & Muslims) interact with each other during festivals which increases social solidarity.
In economic sphere, agriculture is the main occupation of the village. Caste system plays an important role in the agriculture where many serva castes provide their services to the different sections of the village.
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Hence using structural functionalist perspective, S C Dube studied the village through institutions of caste, Religion, economy of the village and described the interaction among them.