UNIT - I 

1. August Comte : Positivism, Law of Three Stages, Hirarchy of Science and Plan of Reconstruction of Society 2. Karl Marks : Historicism and Historical Materialism, Dialectical Materialism and Class Struggle 3. Herbert Spencer : Social Darwinism and Theory of Social Evolution 4. Verstehen Sociology with special Reference to Max Weber 5. Structural-Functionalism : Anthropological and Sociolo-gical 6. Talcott Parsons and System-Analysis 7. Symbolic-Interactionism with Special Reference to Herbert Mead 8. Sociologism of Emile Durkheim 9. Deterministic Approach : Geographical Determinism 10. Psychological Determinism.

UNIT - II

1. The Nature and Scope of Anthropology 2. Social Anthropology : Definition, Scope and Subject Matter : Sociology and Social Anthropology 3. Methods of Social Anthropology 4. Culture : Definition and Characteristics-Culture and Society 5. Culture and Personality 6. Components, Patterns and Configuration of Culture 7. Theories of Cultural Growth : Evolutionism, Diffu-sionism, Structural Functional Approach 8. Features of Tribal Societies 9. Tribal Social Organization with Particular Reference to Indian Tribes : Dormitory System 10. Marriage in Tribal Society 11. Family Amongst Tribes 12. Kinship System 13. Totem and Taboo 14. Tribal Religion and Magic : Theories of Religion 15. Tribal Political Organization : Law, Custom, Justice and Government 16. Changing Canvas of Indian Tribal Life 17. Culture Contact and its Problems 18. Government and Tribal Welfare.

UNIT - III 

1. Social Movements : Definition, Characteristics and Types 2. Theories of the Emergence of Social Movements 3. Reform Movements in India : Brahmo-Samaj and Arya-Samaj 4. Aligarh Movement 5. National Movement in India 6. Old Social Movements : Peasant Movement 7. Labour and Trade-Union Movement 8. Tribal Movement 9. New Social Movement 10. Women’s Movement 11. Ecological and Environment Movement 12. Ethnic Movements.