Question

Describe major types and important features of indian society in terms of caste and class ignou

Answer 1

Village community, family and caste are the basic components of the rural social structure and they bind the economic and social life of people in rural areas. In order to understand this social structure, it is necessary to understand the nature of society. Each society consists of different parts, such as individuals, groups, institutions, associations, and communities. The simplest analogy one can think of at this point is that of an organism that has different components working together as a whole. Society is a system like any other system, such as the solar system, the chemical system, a mechanical system or an organic system. Of these the most suitable analogy for elaborating the concept of society is that of an organism. This is usually known as the ‘organic analogy’.