Theoretical Sociology

Unit I — Karl Marx

Introduction, Dialectical Materialism, Historical Materialism, Alienation, Exploitation, Ideology.

• Karl Mar: Historical and Dialectical Materialism, Theory of Social

Unit II — Emile Durkheim

Introduction, Social Facts, The Division of Labour, Suicide, Theory of Religion.

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

Unit III — Max Weber

Introduction, Methodology, Class, Status & Party, Structures of Authority, Religion and rise of Capitalism.

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

Unit IV — Neo-Marxism and Critical Sociology

Introduction, Antonio Gramsci, Pierre Bourdieu, Conclusion.

Unit V — Post-Modern & Post-Structural Theories

Introduction, Michel Foucault: Knowledge/Power, Discourse, Jacques Derrida: Deconstruction, Conclusion.