Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer
Discuss the metaphysical and ethical basis of Hindu social organization
- UPSC 2002
- Perspectives on the Study of Indian Society
Few social orders present their group ranking as an extension of the cosmos; Hindu social organisation does. Its metaphysical basis states what reality is: rta, dharma, karma, rebirth, moksha. Its ethical basis states how one must act within it: the purusharthas, the rinas, varnashrama-dharma. Their weld is the sociological question.
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- The metaphysical basis: an order of being
- The ethical basis: duty by station and stage
- What the ideology accomplishes
- The critique
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