Introductory Sociology

Instructor: Prof. A. K. Sharma, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kanpur.

This course covers lessons on sociological approaches, nature of society, definition classification of family, perspectives of family, the concept of power, need for work, bases of religion, social change, population and society, perspectives in sociology and ethnography in India.

Mod-01 Lec-01 What is sociology?.
Mod-01 Lec-02 Sociological approaches.
Mod-01 Lec-03 Nature of society: Individuals and groups.
Mod-01 Lec-04 Cooperation and conflict.
Mod-01 Lec-05 Family-I: Definition and classification of family.
Mod-01 Lec-06 Family-II: Perspectives on family.
Mod-01 Lec-07 State-I: Definition of state.
Mod-01 Lec-08 State-II: State in India.
Mod-01 Lec-09 State-III: The concept of power.
Mod-01 Lec-10 State-IV: Functionalist and Marxist perspectives on power.
Mod-01 Lec-11 Sociology of work-I: Need for work.
Mod-01 Lec-12 Sociology of work-II: Social change and work.
Mod-01 Lec-13 Sociology of work-III: Development and work.
Mod-01 Lec-14 Sociology of work-IV: Capitalism and motivation for work.
Mod-01 Lec-15 Religion-I: Social conditions and religious thought.
Mod-01 Lec-16 Religion-II: Bases of religion.
Mod-01 Lec-17 Religion-III: Forms of religious beliefs.
Mod-01 Lec-18 Religion-IV: Explanation of Religion.
Mod-01 Lec-19 Religion-V: Religion and society.
Mod-01 Lec-20 Religion-VI: Contributions of Marx and Weber.
Mod-01 Lec-21 Education-I: Concept of education?.
Mod-01 Lec-22 Education-II: Functions of education.
Mod-01 Lec-23 Social stratification-I: Social inequality and stratification.
Mod-01 Lec-24 Social stratification-II: Explanations of social stratification.
Mod-01 Lec-25 Social stratification-III: Theories and facts.
Mod-01 Lec-26 Social stratification-IV: Stratification in India.
Mod-01 Lec-27 Deviance-I: Concept of deviance.
Mod-01 Lec-28 Deviance-II: Perspectives on deviance.
Mod-01 Lec-29 Deviance-III: Theories of deviance.
Mod-01 Lec-30 Social change-I: Definition of social change.
Mod-01 Lec-31 Social change-II: Theories of social change.
Mod-01 Lec-32 Social change-III: Social change in industrial society.
Mod-01 Lec-33 Social change-IV: Urbanization and related issues in social change.
Mod-01 Lec-34 Population-I: Malthusian theory of population.
Mod-01 Lec-35 Population-II: Population and Society.
Mod-01 Lec-36 Perspectives in Sociology-I.
Mod-01 Lec-37 Perspectives in Sociology-II.
Mod-01 Lec-38 Social Problems and Theory.
Mod-01 Lec-39 Sociological methods-I.
Mod-01 Lec-40 Sociological methods-II: Ethnography.
Mod-01 Lec-41 Sociological methods-III: Ethnography in India.