{"id":19409,"date":"2023-10-23T12:42:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T07:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=19409"},"modified":"2023-10-23T12:51:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T07:21:43","slug":"define-the-concepts-of-descent-and-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/define-the-concepts-of-descent-and-alliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Sociology Optional Mains Paper 2 for UPSC | Year 2023 | Define the concepts of Descent and Alliance Differentiate between North Indian and South Indian Kinship systems with examples | Triumph IAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/rk58J2Lc3xAHJn9Y8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19340\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-10-19-at-12.29.36-PM-300x242.jpeg\" alt=\"Define the concepts of Descent and Alliance, Best Sociology Optional Coaching, 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id=\"Define_the_concepts_of_Descent_and_Alliance_Differentiate_between_North_Indian_and_South_Indian_Kinship_systems_with_examples\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Define the concepts of Descent and Alliance Differentiate between North Indian and South Indian Kinship systems with examples<span style=\"font-size: 8px;\">.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Section: A<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><em>.<\/em><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Sociology Paper 2023 Analysis<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8px;\"><em>.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/strong><strong style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Relevant for Paper 2: <\/strong><b style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Unit-12 System of Kinship in India<\/b><b style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19420\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/New-Add-a-heading-15-1-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"Define the concepts of Descent and Alliance, Best Sociology Optional Coaching, Sociology Optional Syllabus.\" width=\"721\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/New-Add-a-heading-15-1-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/New-Add-a-heading-15-1-1024x824.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/New-Add-a-heading-15-1-150x121.jpg 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/New-Add-a-heading-15-1-768x618.jpg 768w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/New-Add-a-heading-15-1-1536x1236.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/New-Add-a-heading-15-1-2048x1648.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Question 3 <\/strong><strong>(b): Define the concepts of \u2018Descent\u2019 and \u2018Alliance\u2019. Differentiate between North Indian and South Indian Kinship systems with examples.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>(2<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>0 Marks)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Introduction<\/strong>:<\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Definition of Descent and Alliance\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Main Body: <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Brief Introduction of North and South Indian Kinship in Context of Irawati Karve and then Highlight Differences\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Conclusion: <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On the Lines of Intricate Diversity in Kinship in India Requires the Focus on Contextual Details.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Introduction\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Introduction: <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Descent group <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Descent group refers to a social group whose membership depends upon common ancestor imagined or real.<\/strong> <strong>It is the principle whereby a person is socially affiliated with group of his or her parents, grandparents and so on. The individual can simultaneously belong to multiple descent groups<\/strong>,<strong> those of two parents, four grandparents and eight great grandparents and so on<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The practical importance of descent comes from its use <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>as a means for one person to assert rights, duties, privileges, or status in relation to another person<\/strong>,<\/span> who may be related to the first either because one is ancestor to the other or because the two acknowledge a common ancestor. <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Descent has special influence when rights to succession, inheritance, or residence follow kinship lines<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Alliance\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>In kinship Alliance is generally defined in terms of marital alliances. Where kinship results as a consequence of marriage<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">According to<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <strong>Mandelbaum<\/strong> <\/span>&#8211; &#8216;Marriage is much more than a sexual union in India as a<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> marriage mobilizes the family\u2019s social resources and through marriage, members renew kin ties or establish new bonds of kinship.<\/strong><\/span> It is socially acknowledged and approved.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Main_body\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Main body: <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>North Indian kinship and South Indian kinship<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Iravati Karve<\/strong><\/span> had explained the ideal type of kinship cultural system for which she divided India in different linguistic zones.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>According to Irawati Karve<\/strong>, <strong>kinship groups in India have a common language, culture, social practices etc. and there is variation in Kin&#8217;s culture in different regions of India. <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Difference between North and South Indian kinship systems<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In a southern family, there is no clear-cut distinction between the family of birth, that is, family of orientation and family of marriage, that is, family of procreation as found in the northern family.<\/span> <\/strong>In the north, no member from Ego\u2019s family of orientation can also become a member of his family of marriage; but this is possible in the south.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>In the north, an Ego (person under reference\/study) has some kin who are his blood relatives only and others who are his affinal.<\/strong><\/span> In the south blood relatives are affinal kin at the same time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>In the south, organization of kin is arranged according to age categories in the two groups, <\/strong><\/span>that is, older than Ego (tam-mun) and younger than Ego (tam-pin) (tam is \u2018self\u2019, mun is \u2018before\u2019 and pin is \u2018after\u2019).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>In the south, kinship organization is dependent on the chronological age differences <\/strong><\/span>while in the north, it is dependent on the principle of generational divisions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>One of the fundamental distinctions between the two systems lies in their descent patterns. North Indian kinship is predominantly patrilineal,<\/strong><\/span> meaning descent is traced through the male line. In contrast, <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>South Indian kinship is often matrilineal<\/strong>,<\/span> where descent is traced through the female line. However, it&#8217;s important to note that these patterns are not absolute, and variations exist within both regions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>No special norms of behaviour are evolved for married girls in the south <\/strong>whereas in <strong>the north, many restrictions are imposed on them<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Marriage does not symbolize woman\u2019s separation from her father\u2019s house<\/strong><\/span> in the south but <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>in the north<\/strong><\/span>, a woman becomes a <strong>casual visitor<\/strong> to her parent\u2019s family<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000;\"><strong>The dichotomy of status and sentiments expressed in such northern terms <\/strong>like <strong><em>kanya <\/em>(unmarried girl), <em>bahu<\/em> (married girl), <u>pihar (<\/u>mother\u2019s house) and <em>sasural<\/em> (husband\u2019s house) are absent in south.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">In the north, marriage is to widen the kinship group while in the south it is to strengthen already existing bonds.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>In South Indian Kinship the taboos prescribed for marriage are that man cannot marry his younger sister\u2019s daughter, a widow cannot marry her husband\u2019s elder or younger brother, that is, levitate is a taboo<\/strong>;<\/span> a man cannot marry his mother\u2019s sister\u2019s daughter. However <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>levitate is not taboo in north India.<\/strong><\/span> In the north marriage is dependent on the chronological age differences rather than the principle of generational divisions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Conclusion:<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">It is essential to acknowledge that <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>India&#8217;s vast diversity results in a rich tapestry of kinship practices, making generalizations challenging<\/strong>.<\/span> Understanding kinship systems in India <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>requires sensitivity to local customs, historical contexts, and the complex interplay of cultural 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Questions such as &#8220;<strong><em>which optional subject is the best?<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; and &#8220;<strong><em>which optional subject is the most scoring?<\/em><\/strong>&#8221; frequently come to mind. Choosing the right optional subject, like choosing the <strong><em>best sociology optional teacher<\/em><\/strong>, is a subjective yet vital step that requires a thoughtful decision based on facts. A misstep in this crucial decision can indeed prove disastrous.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Ever since the exam pattern was revamped in 2013, the UPSC has eliminated the need for a second optional subject. Now, candidates have to choose only one <strong>optional subject for the UPSC Mains<\/strong>, which has two papers of 250 marks each. One of the compelling choices for many has been the sociology optional. 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