LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
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M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY
FIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2007
SO 1804 / 1801 – SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
Date & Time: 25/04/2007 / 1:00 – 4:00 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Part-A
Write a short note on the following: (2×10 = 20 Marks)
- Grand theory.
- Social Fact.
- Economic determinism.
- Latent Function.
- Discourse.
- Hyperreality.
- Stigma.
- Military Industrial complex.
- Organic Solidarity
- Anomic Suicide.
Part-B
Answer any FIVE questions: (5×8 = 40 Marks)
- Write a short note on Durkheim’s views on crime and punishment.
- What is the importance of theory in the sociological understanding of phenomena?
- Why is the issue of gender considered as a dilemma in sociological theory? Can it be rectified?
- Write a short note on the structural functionalism of Talcott Parsons.
- Write a short note on Goffman’s concept of ‘dramaturgy’
- Write a short note on power elite.
- Write a short note on alienation.
Part-C
Answer any TWO questions: (2×20 = 40 Marks)
- ‘Modernity is a risk culture. Modernity reduces the overall riskiness of certain areas and modes of life, yet at the same time introduces new risks parameters largely or completely unknown’. Comment.
- Write an essay on Marxian Historical Materialism.
- Explain in detail the theory of looking-glass self.
- Analyse Weberian Bureaucracy in the context of modern day corporate hospital.
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