MSO-1 EM 2025-26 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

Description

Indira Gandhi National Open University
Core Course in M.A. Sociology
MSO-001: Sociological Theories and Concepts
Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA)
Programme Code: MSO
Course Code: MSO-001
Assignment Code: MSO-001/AST/TMA/2025-26

Answer any five questions selecting at least two from each of the sections. Your answers should be in about 500 words each.

Section I

1. Explain the perspective of Evans-Pritchard on social structure.
2. Discuss the role of Concept and Theory in sociological analysis.
3. Explain the concept of liberty in the writings of Isaiah Berlin.
4. What is entrepreneurship? Explain the perspective of Schumpeter on entrepreneurship.
5. Discuss Malinowski’s Scientific Theory of Culture.

Section II

6. What is post-structuralism? Examine Derrida’s theory of ‘deconstruction’.
7. Distinguish between modernization and modernity.
8. Explain the major perspectives to understand social stratification.
9. Discuss Foucault’s concept of ‘archaeology of knowledge’.
10. Explain the roles and functions of civil society in a democracy.