LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

VB 16

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

FIRST SEMESTER – November 2008

   MS 1801 / SO 1804 – 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)

 

1. Public Sphere
2. Military Industrial Complex.
3. Hyperreality
4. Civil Inattention.
5. Idealism
6. Metaphysics
8. Role Distance.
9. Altruistic Suicide.

PART – B

 

Answer any FIVE questions in about 300 words each:                                 (5 x 8 = 40 marks)

 

11. What does Foucault mean by clinic?
12. Compare and contrast the Marxist and Weberian perspectives on shaping the modern world.
13. What does Durkheim mean by morality?
14. Why is the issue of gender considered as a dilemma in sociological theory? Can it be rectified?
15. Explain the theory of power elite.
16. Knowledge becomes a force of control. Elucidate.
17. List out the five major changes that have precipitated a consideration of the canon of social theory.

PART – C

 

Answer any TWO questions in about 1200 words each:                                (2 x 20 = 40 Marks)

 

18. Is risk a feature of modern life or nature? Elaborate your views in the light of Ulrich Beck’s postulate of Risk society
19. Critically analyze Marxian Historical Materialism
20. Analyze Weberian Bureaucracy in the context of modern day corporate hospital.
21. The rise of Post-modernism is due to the incredulity of the meta-narratives. Elucidate

 

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