Sociological Thought

Unit I — AUGUSTE COMTE

A Backdrop of Comte’s Sociological Thought · Methodology · Law of Three Stages · Hierarchy of the Sciences · Scientific Theory of Morality & Religion of Humanity · Positivism

• August Comte: Positivism, Law of three stages, Social Staticsand Social Dynamics

Unit II — EMILE DURKHEIM

A backdrop of Durkheim’s thought · Rules of Sociological Method · Division of Labour in Society · Elementary Forms of Religious Life · Theory of Suicide

• Emile Durkheim: Theory of Religion, Theory of Suicide, Division

Unit III — MAX WEBER

A backdrop of Weber’s thought · Methodology · Social Action · Theory of Religion · Ideal Types · Power, Authority, and Bureaucracy

• Max Weber: Social Action and types, Power and Authority, Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism, Bureaucracy

Unit IV — Talcott Parson

A Backdrop of Parson Sociological Thought · Building a Social System · System Functions and Control · Social Change and Revolution · Problem of Social Order · Problem of Logocentrism

Unit V — JEAN BAUDRILLARD

A Backdrop of Baudrillard’s Sociological Thought · Postmodern Sociological Thought · Simulation Society · Orders of Simulation · Hyperreality · Consumer Society

Unit VI — PIERRE BOURDIEU

A Backdrop of Thoughts of Bourdieu · Social Capital · Cultural Capital · Economic Capital · Symbolic Capital · Theory of Cultural Reproduction

Unit VII — ROSCOE POUND

A backdrop of thoughts of Roscoe Pound · Theory of Social Engineering · Jural Postulates · Theory of Interest · A Consensus Model of Society · Social Justice

• Sociological school of law — Roscoe Pound's Social Engineering Theory