Interfacing with Theories- Sem IV, 2023

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 by the students for the students

Interfacing with Theories- Sem IV, 2023

by

Semester IV students, 2023




Emile Durkheim and rules of sociological method

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Agnimitro Ghosh





Functionalism 

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Anuradha Chakraborty










Claude Levi-Strauss and Structuralism

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Srutismita Rout


















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