I.D. END TERM EXAMINATION, APRIL-2018 B.A.LL.B. (HONS.) SEMESTER-II Sociology Sociological Thought Max. Marks: 60 Time Allowed: 3:00 Hrs. Note: Answer five questions including Question No.
1 which is compulsory.The number of marks carried by each question is indicated at the end of the question.

1. Explain the following (each explanation should be in approximately 100 words)(Marks
Life World Cultural Capital Westernisation Law of Three Stages Historical Materialism Communicative Action Jural Postulates Simulation Society Post Modernism Interest Theory

2. "Any kind of knowledge reaches the positive stage early in proportion to its generality, simplicity and independence of other departments." Illustrate this statement with relevant theoretical approach. (Marks 10)

3. "Social world is by no means homogenous but exhibits a multiform structure. Each of its spheres or regions is both a way of understanding the subjective experiences of others." discuss the phenomenology of social world as explained by Alfred Schutz. How the Phenomenology of Socialworld combined Weber's sociology with Husserl's phenomenologicalmethod? (Marks 10)

4. Durkheim realized that only if members of a society were anchored to common sets of symbolic representations, to common assumptions about the world around them, could moral unity be assured. Without them, any society, whether primitive or modern, was bound to degenerate and decay. Elucidate the quote with right theoretical Orientation and describe various types of 'Suicides' discussed by Durkheim with relevant examples. (Marks 10)

5. "Law itself is more than a body of rules. It is the knowledge and experience with which the juristic process is carried on. It not only includes rules, principles, concepts, and standards but also doctrines and modes of professional thought, skill, and art." Discuss Roscoe Pound's theory of sociological jurisprudence. (Marks 10) PTO
6. Amidst the ruins of many social theories Jurgan Habermas tried to bridge the vast void between theory and practice, transcendentalism and functionalism, and moral-ethical and scientific-technical realms. Describe the theoretical relevance and basic postulates of critical theory. (Marks 10)

7. The manner in which British transferred political power to Indians enabled caste to assume political functions. The provisions of constitutional safeguard to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe's have given a new lease to life of caste. Discuss caste from perspective of M.N Srinivas. (Marks 10)