Chapter 2

पाठ्यक्रम अभिकल्प समिति

This section lists the academic and editorial committee responsible for designing and producing the course material for the subject 'Social Thinkers' at Vardhman Mahaveer Open University, Kota. It includes the names, designations, and affiliations of the chairperson, coordinators, editors, and authors for various units of the course. The section also mentions the copyright information and restrictions on reproduction of the material. The academic and administrative structure is outlined, including the production and distribution departments. The publication date and ISBN are provided.

• Lists academic and editorial committee members for the course.
• Provides affiliations and designations of contributors.
• Mentions copyright and reproduction restrictions.
• Outlines academic and administrative structure.
• Publication date: August 2012; ISBN: 13/978-81-8496-031-0.
• 📌 पाठ्यक्रम अभिकल्प समिति: The curriculum design committee responsible for course content.
• 📌 सम्पादन: Editing of course material.
• 📌 सर्वाधिकार सुरक्षित: All rights reserved; reproduction without permission is prohibited.

अनुक्रमणिका

This section presents the table of contents for the 'Social Thinkers' course. It is organized into four main parts, each focusing on a prominent social thinker or theme: Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and major Indian thinkers and capitalism. Each part is subdivided into units covering biographical details, major works, and key theories such as historical materialism, dialectical materialism, class struggle, alienation, social facts, division of labor, suicide, ideal types, bureaucracy, religion, social values, social ecology, traditions, art and literature, caste and class systems. Page numbers for each unit are provided.

• Lists all units and their topics for the course.
• Organized by thinker: Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Indian thinkers.
• Includes key concepts: historical materialism, dialectical materialism, class struggle, alienation, social facts, division of labor, suicide, ideal types, bureaucracy, religion, social values, social ecology, traditions, art and literature, caste and class.
• Page numbers for each unit are given.
• 📌 अनुक्रमणिका: Index or table of contents.
• 📌 इकाई: Unit or section.
• 📌 खण्ड: Part or section of the textbook.