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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Examine the role of science and technology in addressing age-old taboos and superstitions.

  • UPSC 2023
  • Science, Technology and Social Change

A taboo is a socially enforced prohibition attaching danger or pollution to a person, substance or act; a superstition is a causal belief that survives disconfirmation. Science attacks the explanation, technology the insecurity that sustains it. Both work — but only where the social interest behind the belief is also dislodged.

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  • How they work on belief
  • Evidence that it works: Indian cases
  • Why the retreat is partial
  • Conclusion

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