Introduction to Sociology
Hidayatullah National Law University · LL.B. Semester 1 · LLB-C-102
Unit I — SOCIOLOGY: A SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE
Sociology: Emergence, Concept and As a Science · Nature: Two Schools of Thought · Sociological Thinking, Imagination and commonsense · Legal Sociology and Sociology of Law · Relationship between Sociology and other Social Sciences (Social Anthropology, Economics, Political Science, History, Psychology and Law)
Unit II — BASIC CONCEPTS IN SOCIOLOGY
Society, Social Groups and Social Interaction in Everyday Life · Happiness and Empathy · Status, Role and Role Conflict · Crime and Deviance · Gender, Identity, Cinema and Sexuality · Aging and the Elderly · Social Mobility, Change and Globalization
Unit III — MAJOR SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES IN UNDERSTANDING SOCIETY
Outline of Micro and Macro Perspectives · Functionalist Perspective · Conflict Perspective · Interactionist Perspective · Feminist Perspective
Unit IV — CULTURE AND MEDIA
Understanding Culture and its types · Cultural traits and complexes, Sub-cultures and countercultures · Legal Culture and Theory of Cultural Growth · Ethnocentrism and Xenophobia in Global Context · Digital Revolution & Media in a Global Age: Print, Electronic, and Online Media
Unit V — FAMILY, MARRIAGE AND KINSHIP
Family: Definition, Characteristics, Types, Functions & Future of Family · Marriage: Definition. Rules, Forms of Marriage, Marriage in India · Kinship: Definition. Rule of Residence, Descent, Types of Kins & Kinship Usages · Changing Structures of Family, Marriage and Kinship
Unit VI — SOCIALISATION AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION
Socialization: Concept, Agencies, Stages of Socialization · Theories of Socialization (C. H. Cooley, Sigmund Freud & G. H. Mead) · Social Stratification: Concept, Foundations & Inequality · Functional Theory of Social Stratification · Conflict Theory of Social Stratification