CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THINKERS

SOC 223
Zero Lecture
Lecture Tutorial Practical

L/T/P Structure:
• Lecture: 4/ week

• Tutorial: none

• Practical: none

Marks Break up:

• Attendance:……………………………….……………………………….….5

• Continuous Assessment:…….………………………………………..25

• Mid Term Examination:……….……………………………………….20

• End Term Examination:……….……………………………………….50

• Total:………………………………….………………………………………100
Quick Check

Q. Credit points given to this course is

…………

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 4+1
Course Outcomes

CO1: understand the process of genesis of

sociological perspective with historical
analysis

CO2: identify the complexity of social systems

through the lens of simple societies

CO3: discover the antagonistic nature of social

classes and their consequences in the form
of social changes
 Course Outcome

CO4: interpret the significance of sociological

studies by going through Durkheimian
approaches

CO5: analyze the process of inculcation of

rationalism and its outcomes in the form of various
social concepts

CO6: evaluate the power structure changes by

exploring elite structure of a given society
Program Outcomes

PO1: Global Understanding

Understand social, political, economic and environmental forces that
shape the world
PO2: Critical and Creative Thinking

Analyze, synthesize and integrate creative and critical thinking .

PO3: Professional Development
Show leadership in professional environments while recognizing
diversity.
PO4: Ethical Behaviour
Demonstrate intellectual integrity and academic accountability.
Program Outcomes

PO5: Applied Research

Understand the principles of the research process through application.
PO6: Communication
Engage effectively with people from different backgrounds.
PO7: Community Engagement
Reflect on one's cultural identities and values through
campaigns.
PO8: Depth of Understanding
Develop a deeper understanding of the current state of
knowledge in one or more disciplines.
Program Specific Outcomes

PSO1: Exploring topics across a range of subject

boundaries to pursue new knowledge in different
subject areas.
PSO2: Appreciate social values, ethics, and develop
interpersonal skills essential in different fields, both
academic and non-academic.
 Introducing the course….

• classical sociological theory;

• concepts developed by thinkers like August Comte, Herbert

Spencer, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Vilfredo
Pareto whose works belong to a particular period of our
socio-economic, cultural and intellectual history

• identified as a critical tradition of placing society in question

so as individuals may be better equipped to understand;

• how their personal/ societal troubles are the product of determining

socio-economic structures and processes
 UNIT I

August Comte

• hierarchy of science
• law of three stages
• positivism
 UNIT II

Herbert Spencer

• evolutionary doctrine
• types of societies
• ethics and politics
 UNIT III

Karl Marx

• class theory
• alienation
• social change
 UNIT IV

Emile Durkheim

• social facts
• division of labour in society
• suicide
 UNIT V

Max Weber

• social action
• ideal type
• bureaucracy
• authority
 UNIT VI

Vilfredo Pareto

• circulation of elites
• psychosocial schema
• morphological schema
EVALUATION

Continuous Assessment- 3 (ALL COMPULSORY)

1. Test
2. Presentation (Individual)
3. Assignment/Live project

Weightage: 25
Quick Check

Q. How many CA you have to complete?

A. 2 CAs and 1 Online assignment

B. 1 CA and 2 Online Assignments
C. 3 CAs
D. 2 Online assignments
Books

Text Book:

1. SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT by ABRAHAM AND MORGAN, MACMILLAN

References:

1. MAIN CURRENTS IN SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHTS by RAYMOND ARON,

Penguin UK
2. SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY by GEROGE RITZER, MC GRAW HILL
Further readings….

• Malesevic, S., Loyal, S. Classical Sociological
Theory. United Kingdom: SAGE Publications
2020

• Stepnisky, J., Ritzer, G. Classical Sociological
Theory. United Kingdom: SAGE Publications
2020
 MOOC

• Massive Open Online Course Platforms:

• Examples:
• Swayam
• Coursera
• edX
• Future learn
• Open WHO, and so on….
• Related to this course:
• https://www.coursera.org/learn/classical-
sociological-theory
Dr Aswathy V K
28401
aswathy.28401@lpu.co.in
9526277463

Thank You!