NPTEL : Introduction to Sociology (Humanities and Social Sciences)

Co-ordinators : Prof. A.K. Sharma


Lecture 1 - What is sociology?

Lecture 2 - Sociological approaches

Lecture 3 - Nature of society: Individuals and groups

Lecture 4 - Cooperation and conflict

Lecture 5 - Family-I: Definition and classification of family

Lecture 6 - Family-II: Perspectives on family

Lecture 7 - State-I: Definition of state

Lecture 8 - State-II: State in India

Lecture 9 - State-III: The concept of power

Lecture 10 - State-IV: Functionalist and Marxist perspectives on power

Lecture 11 - Sociology of work-I: Need for work

Lecture 12 - Sociology of work-II: Social change and work

Lecture 13 - Sociology of work-III: Development and work

Lecture 14 - Sociology of work-IV: Capitalism and motivation for work

Lecture 15 - Religion-I: Social conditions and religious thought

Lecture 16 - Religion-II: Bases of religion

Lecture 17 - Religion-III: Forms of religious beliefs

Lecture 18 - What is sociology?

Lecture 19 - Religion-V: Religion and society

Lecture 20 - Religion-VI: Contributions of Marx and Weber

Lecture 21 - Education-I: Concept of education?

Lecture 22 - Education-II: Functions of education

Lecture 23 - Social stratification-I: Social inequality and stratification

Lecture 24 - Social stratification-II: Explanations of social stratification

Lecture 25 - Social stratification-III: Theories and facts

Lecture 26 - Social stratification-IV: Stratification in India

Lecture 27 - Deviance-I: Concept of deviance

Lecture 28 - Deviance-II: Perspectives on deviance

Lecture 29 - Deviance-III: Theories of deviance

Lecture 30 - Social change-I: Definition of social change

Lecture 31 - Social change-II: Theories of social change

Lecture 32 - Social change-III: Social change in industrial society

Lecture 33 - Social change-IV: Urbanization and related issues in social change

Lecture 34 - Population-I: Malthusian theory of population

Lecture 35 - Population-II: Population and Society

Lecture 36 - Perspectives in Sociology-I

Lecture 37 - Perspectives in Sociology-II

Lecture 38 - Social Problems and Theory

Lecture 39 - Sociological methods-I

Lecture 40 - Sociological methods-II: Ethnography

Lecture 41 - Sociological methods-III: Ethnography in India