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Socio-cultural Processes of Change

Gujarat Board · Class 12 · Sociology

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Topics in Socio-cultural Processes of Change

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Meaning and Features of Social Change

  • Social change is a continuously occurring universal event — it happens in all societies at all times.
  • According to Kingsley Davis, social change refers to 'changes that occur in social structure and functions'.
  • Structural change example: Shift from joint family to nuclear family.
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Meaning and Features of Cultural Change

  • Cultural change is a broader concept than social change — all social changes can be termed as cultural changes.
  • Culture includes both material aspects (furniture, machines, houses, vehicles) and non-material aspects (art, painting, dance, language, knowledge, values).
  • Material cultural change example: Kutchha house → Pucca modern house; landline phone → cell phone.
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Sanskritization

  • Introduced by Prof. M.N. Srinivas — first used the term 'Brahmanikaran' in his book 'Religion and Society among the Coorg', later changed to 'Sanskritization'.
  • The change was made after David Pocock and other anthropologists pointed out that castes other than Brahmins could also serve as model castes.
  • Sanskritization is an internal source of change in Indian society.
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Westernization

  • Westernization is an important socio-cultural process of change initiated with contact of European people, particularly the British who ruled India for 150 years.
  • M.N. Srinivas discussed Westernization in detail in his book 'Social Change in Modern India'.
  • Westernization includes: (1) Engineering and science, (2) Institutions, ideology and values, (3) Commodities, language, etc.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Socio-cultural Processes of Change in Indian Society

Social ChangeCultural ChangeSanskritizationWesternizationGlobalizationLiberalization

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