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Methodology of Social Sciences

This course aims to help students understand the nature and philosophy of social sciences, specifically sociology. It will examine the relationship between sociology and other disciplines like physics, biology, history, anthropology, psychology, linguistics, and economics. Major debates in classical sociology will be discussed, such as positivism vs hermeneutics, and structural functionalism vs structuralism. Methodological debates in Indian sociology, including sociology vs indology and structural functionalism vs historical perspectives, will also be analyzed. The course outcome is for students to have a basic understanding of social science methodology.

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Methodology of Social Sciences

This course aims to help students understand the nature and philosophy of social sciences, specifically sociology. It will examine the relationship between sociology and other disciplines like physics, biology, history, anthropology, psychology, linguistics, and economics. Major debates in classical sociology will be discussed, such as positivism vs hermeneutics, and structural functionalism vs structuralism. Methodological debates in Indian sociology, including sociology vs indology and structural functionalism vs historical perspectives, will also be analyzed. The course outcome is for students to have a basic understanding of social science methodology.

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SO1202 Methodology of Social Sciences [3104]

Course Objective(s):
 To understand the nature and the philosophy of the social sciences in
general and sociology in particular.
 To understand the relationship of sociology with other sciences.
 To understand the major methodological issues and debates in
contemporary sociological thought.
 To understand the application of methodology in research design and
framework in sociology.

Course Outcome:
 To help students to have the basic understanding of methodology of social
sciences.

Course Outline:
The Nature and Function of Social Sciences: The Ideas of Social Sciences:
The Beginning, The Logic of Disciplines of Social Sciences
Sociology and other Social Sciences: Sociology and Physics (Durkheim),
Sociology and Biology (Merton), Sociology and History (Levi Strauss), Sociology
and Anthropology (Radcliffe Brown), Sociology and Psychology (Durkheim and
Marcel Mauss), Sociology and Linguistics (Levi Strauss), Sociology and Economics
(Karl Marx)
Major Debates in Classical Sociology: Positivism vs Hermeneutics (Durkheim
vs Weber), Verification vs Falsification (Kuhn vs Popper), Structural Functionalism
vs Structuralism (Radcliffe Brown vs Levi Strauss), Structuralists vs Post -
Structuralists (Levi Strauss vs Derrida/Foucault)
Methodological Debates in Indian Sociology: Sociology vs Indology
(Dumont vs Bailey), Structural Functional vs Historical (M.N.Srinivas vs A.R.
Desai); Relevance of Subaltern perspective
References:
 Durkheim, E. (1938). The Rules of Sociological Method, London: Free Press.
 Mills, C.W. (1959). The Sociological Imagination, London: Penguin.
 Mukerjee, R. (1960). The Philosophy of Social Science, New York: Macmillan &
Co.
 Mukherji, P. N. (2000). Methodology in Social Research: Dilemmas and
Perspectives, New Delhi: Sage.
 Nisbet, R. (1967). The Sociological Tradition, London: Heineman.
 Radcliffe Brown, A.R. (1957). A Natural Science of Society, Glenocoe: The Free
Press.
 Singh, Y. (1983). Image of Man, Delhi: Chanakya.
 Srinivas, M. N. et al, (1979). The Fieldworker and the Field: Problems and
Challenges in Sociological Investigation, Delhi: OUP.

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