Sociology II · 10 marks · 150 words
The statement 'the soil grows caste, machines make classes', captures shift from traditional, ascriptional statuses to class-based modern achievement based ones. 1(b) India's social fabric is patchwork of multiple religious identities that coexist. NK Bose's view of Indian society as 'culturally pluralistic' one - both harmony & tension can be seen embedded in structure of Indian society.
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Syllabus: Perspectives on the study of Indian society: (a) Indology (G.S. Ghurye). (b) Structural functionalism (M N Srinivas). (c) Marxist sociology (A R Desai).
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