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Sociology and Society

CBSE · Class 11 · Sociology

Complete topic list for Sociology and Society in CBSE Class 11 Sociology. Key concepts, sub-topics, and what to focus on for board exams.

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4 Topics · CBSE Class 11 Sociology

Topics in Sociology and Society

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1. Sociological Imagination: Personal Trouble and Public Issue

  • C. Wright Mills explained that sociology helps connect biography and history within society.
  • A personal trouble affects an individual in immediate life, while a public issue affects many people and is linked to social structure.
  • Homelessness is a public issue because it is connected to employment, migration, and state policy, not only to one person's situation.
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2. Pluralities and Inequalities Among Societies

  • People often belong to more than one society at the same time, such as a nation, language group, caste, tribe, or religious community.
  • It is difficult to define one fixed society because social life is diverse and overlapping.
  • Satyajit Ray's reflection shows the difficulty of deciding what to focus on in society: village, epics, or city.
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3. Sociology as a Scientific Discipline

  • Sociology is a systematic study of society and is different from philosophy, religion, and common sense.
  • It follows scientific canons of procedure and relies on evidence that can be checked by others.
  • The sociologist must be willing to study facts even when they are not personally liked.
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4. Sociology and Common Sense

  • Common sense explanations are usually naturalistic or individualistic.
  • Naturalistic explanations treat behaviour as if it has simple natural reasons.
  • Sociological explanations look at social structure, inequality, institutions, and conditions.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Sociology as the scientific study of society, social life, and the links between individual biography and social structure

Sociological imaginationPluralities and inequalities among societiesSociology as a disciplineIntellectual ideas behind sociologyMaterial conditions behind sociologySociology in IndiaRelation to other social sciences

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