LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY.
FIRST SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2010
SO 1810 – CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
Date : 11-11-10 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Time : 1:00 – 4:00
Part – A
Write a short note on ALL of the following in about 30 words each (10 x 2 = 20 Marks)
- Asiatic Society.
- Causality of Nature.
- Ideographic explanation.
- Moral Action.
- Malady of Infiniteness.
- Metaphysical- Ethical Rationalism.
- Problem of Theodicy.
- Non-significant Others.
- The Outside.
- Latent Function.
Part – B
Answer any Five questions in about 300 words each (5 x 8 = 40 Marks)
- What was the impact of industrial revolution and capitalism on the development of sociology?
- Evaluate Comte’s ‘Typologization of human attributes’.
- What are the three major metaphors that Durkheim uses to discuss social change?
- Explain the four basic stages of Mead’s ‘act’?
- Describe the four key forms of Marxian alienation.
- What is Stigma? Explain the three main types of stigma.
- Explain Weber’s thesis on the relationship between protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism.
Part – C
Answer any Two questions in about 1200 words each (2 x 20 = 40 Marks)
- Critically evaluate Parsonian Structural Functionalism.
- ‘Dramaturgical sociology argues that human actions are dependent upon time, place, and audience’. Evaluate this statement in the light of Goffman’s work.
- Weber’s work on ‘authority’ makes him a bourgeois Marx. Clarify this statement.
- Examine the main elements of Marxian theory of class conflict.
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