IGNOU BOOK | Sociology of India[ English medium] BSOC-132

Product Overview & Details

BSOC-132 – Sociology of India is a sociology course that focuses on Indian society, its social structure, institutions, diversity, inequalities, and processes of social change.

📚 Main focus of BSOC-132

The course helps students understand Indian society from a sociological perspective, including:

• Understanding Indian SocietyFeatures and characteristics of Indian society
• Unity and diversity
• Pluralism and multiculturalism
• Caste SystemMeaning and characteristics of caste
• Caste hierarchy and social mobility
• Changing nature of caste in modern India
• Caste and politics
• Tribal CommunitiesMeaning and characteristics of tribes
• Tribal identity and culture
• Problems faced by tribal communities
• Tribal development and social change
• Family and KinshipTypes of Indian families
• Joint and nuclear families
• Marriage and kinship
• Changes in family and marriage
• Religion and SocietyReligion in Indian society
• Religious diversity
• Secularism
• Communalism and its social implications
• Social Stratification and InequalityCaste, class and gender
• Social exclusion
• Inequality and discrimination
• Marginalised communities
• Processes of Social ChangeSanskritisation
• Westernisation
• Modernisation
• Secularisation
• Globalisation
• Rural and Urban SocietyIndian village and rural social structure
• Urbanisation
• Migration
• Changing rural–urban relationships

👨‍🏫 Important Indian sociologists

While studying Sociology of India, you are likely to encounter thinkers such as:

• G. S. Ghurye – caste, tribe and Indian social structure
• M. N. Srinivas – Sanskritisation, Westernisation and dominant caste
• A. R. Desai – Marxist approach and Indian nationalism
• Louis Dumont – caste and hierarchy
• Irawati Karve – family, kinship and social organisation