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📚 Episode: Positivism and Its Critique – Foundations of Sociological Methodology

In this episode, we break down one of the most fundamental yet debated topics in sociology – "Positivism and its Critique", a key area from Paper I of the UPSC Sociology Optional syllabus.

We explore:

What is Positivism? Origins and principles from Auguste Comte

Positivism’s emphasis on objectivity, empiricism, and scientific method

How Emile Durkheim used positivist principles in studying social facts

Major critiques by interpretivist thinkers like Max Weber, Phenomenologists, and Symbolic Interactionists

Insights from Critical Theory, Feminist Methodology, and Postmodern critiques

How to incorporate these perspectives in UPSC answer-writing

This episode helps you master both the classical foundations and contemporary debates around sociological methodology — crucial for scoring high in theory-based questions.

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