🧠 Class 11 Sociology

Introducing Sociology & Understanding Society

Chapter 1: Sociology and Society

Introducing sociology, its emergence, and relationship with other sciences.

Key Topics:

  • Sociological Imagination
  • Pluralities and Inequalities
  • Emergence of Sociology
  • Sociology and other Social Sciences
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Chapter 2: Terms, Concepts and their Use in Sociology

Social groups, status, role, social stratification.

Key Topics:

  • Social Groups
  • Status and Role
  • Social Stratification
  • Society and Social Control
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Chapter 3: Understanding Social Institutions

Family, marriage, kinship, work, politics, and religion.

Key Topics:

  • Family, Marriage and Kinship
  • Work and Economic Life
  • Politics
  • Religion and Education
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Chapter 4: Culture and Socialisation

What is culture, dimensions of culture, and agencies of socialisation.

Key Topics:

  • Defining Culture
  • Dimensions of Culture
  • Socialisation
  • Agencies of Socialisation
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Chapter 5: Doing Sociology: Research Methods

Methodology, objectivity vs subjectivity, and research techniques.

Key Topics:

  • Objectivity and Subjectivity
  • Multiple Methods
  • Participant Observation
  • Survey Method
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Chapter 6: Social Structure, Stratification and Social Processes

Social structure, stratification, cooperation, competition, and conflict.

Key Topics:

  • Social Structure
  • Social Stratification
  • Cooperation
  • Competition and Conflict
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Chapter 7: Social Change and Social Order in Rural and Urban Society

Sources of social change, social order, and village/city dynamics.

Key Topics:

  • Social Change
  • Social Order
  • Contestation, Crime and Violence
  • Villages, Towns and Cities
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Chapter 8: Environment and Society

Ecology, social environments, and environmental issues.

Key Topics:

  • Ecology and Society
  • Environmental Crises
  • Social Ecology
  • Environmental Movements
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Chapter 9: Introducing Western Sociologists

Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber.

Key Topics:

  • Context of Sociology
  • Karl Marx
  • Emile Durkheim
  • Max Weber
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Chapter 10: Indian Sociologists

G.S. Ghurye, D.P. Mukerji, A.R. Desai, and M.N. Srinivas.

Key Topics:

  • G.S. Ghurye
  • D.P. Mukerji
  • A.R. Desai
  • M.N. Srinivas
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