AIR 227 · CSE 2016 · Sociology I · 36 pages

Priyadarshini: Sociology I answer copy

15 answers by Priyadarshini, as written in the test. Each question opens a page with how other toppers answered it.

The questions

  1. Q1(a)Weber's comparative studies on Religion.12.5 marks
  2. Q1(b)Herbert Blumer's perspective on Social movement12.5 marks
  3. Q1(c)Pluralistic conception of power12.5 marks
  4. Q1(d)Secularization of societies in the modern world12.5 marks
  5. Q2(a)Explain the difference between social inequality and social stratification. How do the nature and forms of the social stratification system influence social mobility.20 marks
  6. Q2(b)Gender roles in domestic sphere in modern industrial societies are more or less a reflection of patriarchal values. Critically evaluate.15 marks
  7. Q2(c)Max Weber's understanding of social stratification is closer to empirical reality. Comment15 marks
  8. Q3(a)"Religion and Science have in the course of history helped man to cope with the uncertainties and hazards of life in their own way". Comment20 marks
  9. Q3(b)Work in industrial and post-industrial society can be alienating for the work force. Comment.15 marks
  10. Q3(c)Critically discuss the role of social inequality in ensuring that important positions are filled by the most qualified persons.15 marks
  11. Q4(a)"Religion prevents social change by disguising exploitation and inequality". Critically evaluate the statement with reference to Marx and Weber's theory of Religion.20 marks
  12. Q4(b)Write a short note on each of the following in not more than 100 words. 10 x 3 = 30 - Types of social mobility - Pressure groups and democracy10 marks
  13. Q5(a)Compare and contrast the role of religion in various aspects of social life in pluralistic societies like India and USA.20 marks
  14. Q5(b)Examine the impact of the social networking sites on the mode of mobilization and form of protest in the era of globalization.15 marks
  15. Q5(c)The civil society is playing an increasingly important role due to developmental policies and actions of the state in the present times. Evaluate.15 marks

The answers

Question 1(a) · 12.5 marks · 183 words written

Weber's comparative studies on Religion.

Opening

Weber brings to his sociology, comparative analysis within a historical approach. Central to his analysis is how religion provides individuals with the motive complex to act and organize their lives and economic production. Weber's study in the 'Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism' emphasized the idea of 'this worldly asceticism' as fundamental to the Calvinist ethic.

Body · continuous prose

In his comparison between religious values and social and economic forms of organisation, Weber studied Hinduism, Jainism and Confucianism. Both Hinduism and Confucianism are characterized by an 'other worldly asceticism' that are seen to privilege salvation above present living, acting against the development of a modern economic system of Capitalism. Jainism while regarded to be guided by the ethos of trade and commerce, and hence exchange of goods and services, is seen to lack in the modern ethos of profit making.

Close

Weber's approach though instructive is critiqued to be guided by an ethnocentric approach that fails to take account of indigenous entrepreneurship legitimized within the social organisation such as the caste system. Thus Weber's comparative approach is seen to be a form of 'arm chair theorization'.