Imagining Industrial Society
Understand the key features of an industrial society as envisioned by classical sociologists like Marx, Weber, and Durkheim, and how these concepts apply to India.
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Understand the key features of an industrial society as envisioned by classical sociologists like Marx, Weber, and Durkheim, and how these concepts apply to India.
Key Questions
- Explain Marx's concept of alienation in an industrial society.
- Analyse Durkheim's ideas on the division of labour and social solidarity.
- Compare the characteristics of pre-industrial and industrial societies.
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