LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034  M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – SOCIOLOGY

AO 16

FIRST SEMESTER – NOV 2006

         SO 1804 – SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY

 

 

Date & Time : 28-10-2006/1.00-4.00           Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

Part-A

Write a short note on the following in about 30 words each:        (2×10 = 20 Marks)

 

1. Objective Idealism.
2. Social Fact.
3. Dialectics.
4. Dysfunction.
5. Discourse.
6. Hyperreality.
7. Stigma.
8. Materialism.
9. Sick Role.
10. Post-Modernism.

 

Part-B

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

 

1. What do you understand by ‘legitimisation crisis’?
2. What is the importance of theory in the sociological understanding of phenomena?
3. Explain briefly the concept of morality as envisaged by Durkhiem.
4. How can knowledge lead to power and in turn power control what knowledge is? Explain from the Foucauldian perspective.
5. Write a short note on Goffaman’s concept of ‘dramaturgy’
6. Explain the importance of social reflexivity.
7. Write a short note on alienation.

 

Part-C

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

 

1. Contemporary society is full of risk. Elucidate in the light of Ulrich Beck’s theory of ‘risk society’.
2. Critically evaluate the theory of Power-elite.
3. Write an essay on Marxian Historical Materialism.
4. ‘Post-Modernism is just a fad used by the mindless’- evaluate.

 

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