LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY

AF 01

FIRST SEMESTER – April 2009

MS 1801 / SO 1804 – SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY

 

 

 

Date & Time: 28/04/2009 / 1:00 – 4:00   Dept. No.                                                     Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART – A

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

 

1. Objective Idealism
2. Materialism
3. Public Sphere
4. Military-Industrial Complex
5. Dysfunction
6. Role Distance
7. Metaphysics
8. Dialectics
9. Anomic Suicide
10. Monism.

 

 

                                                                       PART – B

            Answer any Five questions in about 300 words each                       (5 x 8 = 40 Marks)

 

1. Why does sociology rely on theoretical thinking?
2. What does Foucault mean by clinic?
3. Why has traditional theory ignored the ‘gendered’ nature of knowledge?
4. Briefly explain the AGIL model
5. Explain the law of three stages
6. Explain the theory of power-elite.
7. Why is there a ‘legitimation’ crisis?

 

 

PART – C

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

 

1. The rise of Post-modernism is due to the grand failure of the meta-narratives. Elucidate.
2. Critically evaluate Beck’s theory of risk society
3. Critically analyse Marxian Historical Materialism.
4. Examine in detail Durkheim’s study on suicide.

 

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