A guide for Sociology students
Sanskritization is a process by which scheduled castes, tribes and other low Hindu castes changes their way of life, customs and rituals in the direction of upper castes. Sanskritization gained more momentum during the British rule. Caste census fueled anger among the many lower castes in hierarchy. Educationally and economically mobile lower castes didn’t accept their inferior … Read more
‘Other Backward Classes’ is the intermediate layer between the traditional upper castes and the untouchables. It is a heterogeneous category comprising diverse socio-economic entities. The extremes in the category are the dominant castes like land-owners and the economically & socially deprived castes, who work as landless laborers, sharecroppers etc. A few non-Hindu communities too falls under this … Read more
Production is a socially defined activity. An object, which is produced is considered as a product only if it is determined as valuable by society. To be termed as valuable, the product must have ‘value in use’ and ‘value in exchange’. The value of a product differs from society to society depending largely on the … Read more
Economy is embedded in society. Human beings in society rely on the economic system to satisfy the biological and social needs with goods and services. Economic system maintains the processes of production, distribution and consumption in society in an organised manner. Economy of any society is related with the development of tools and technological inventions … Read more
