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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY
FIRST SEMESTER – November 2008
MS 1806 – CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
Date : 06-11-08 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Time : 1:00 – 4:00
Part – A
Write a short note on the following in about 30 words each: (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)
- Fetishism of commodities.
- Religion of Humanity
- Anomie
- Repressive Law
- Imitation Theory
- Manifest Function
- Enlightenment
- Dramaturgy
- Production relation
- Social Statics
Part – B
Answer any FIVE questions in about 300 words each: (5 x 8 = 40 marks)
- Examine the nature of Comtean positivism.
- Explain how alienation leads to dehumanization?
- What is Stigma? How does it devalue a person’s social identity?
- What are the four dimensions of collective conscience?
- What are the four key functional imperatives that society must fulfill in order to survive?
- What are the main characteristics of ‘Ideal Type’?
- What is symbolic interactionism.
Part – C
Answer any TWO questions in about 1200 words each: (2 x 20 = 40 Marks)
- Examine the social and intellectual forces that led to the development of sociological theory.
- ‘Suicide is an index to decay in social solidarity’. Critically evaluate in the light of Durkheim’s work on suicide.
- Examine in detail the theory of structural functionalism propounded by Talcott Parsons
- Write a detailed essay on historical materialism
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