LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY
FIRST SEMESTER – April 2009
AF 01
MS 1801 / SO 1804 - SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
Date & Time: 28/04/2009 / 1:00 - 4:00 Dept. No.
Max. : 100 Marks
PART – A
Write a short note on the following in about 30 words each
(10 x 2 = 20 Marks)
1. Objective Idealism
2. Materialism
3. Public Sphere
4. Military-Industrial Complex
5. Dysfunction
6. Role Distance
7. Metaphysics
8. Dialectics
9. Anomic Suicide
10. Monism.
PART – B
Answer any Five questions in about 300 words each
(5 x 8 = 40 Marks)
11. Why does sociology rely on theoretical thinking?
12. What does Foucault mean by clinic?
13. Why has traditional theory ignored the ‘gendered’ nature of knowledge?
14. Briefly explain the AGIL model
15. Explain the law of three stages
16. Explain the theory of power-elite.
17. Why is there a ‘legitimation’ crisis?
PART – C
Answer any Two questions in about 1200 words each
(2 x 20 = 40 Marks)
18. The rise of Post-modernism is due to the grand failure of the meta-narratives. Elucidate.
19. Critically evaluate Beck’s theory of risk society
20. Critically analyse Marxian Historical Materialism.
21. Examine in detail Durkheim’s study on suicide.
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