Doing Sociology In India

Author : Sujata Patel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780199089659

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Doing Sociology in India by Sujata Patel Pdf

This important volume on the history of sociology in India locates scholars, scholarship, theories, perspectives, and practices of the discipline in different cities and regions of the country over a century. It argues that this history is enmeshed in political projects of constructing a ‘society’, which took place as a result of colonialism and dominant nationalism. The book affirms the existence of both strong and weak traditions of scholarship in India and underscores three processes that have aided this development at various points of time: reflexive interrogation of received scholarship; probing ideal types of theories within classrooms; and questioning existing debates on society and its language by the public.

Author : Jammie Price,Roger Straus,Jeff Breese
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780739139783

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Doing Sociology by Jammie Price,Roger Straus,Jeff Breese Pdf

This successor to the well-known Using Sociology covers standard topics found in any sociology textbook. Doing Sociology walks lay readers through the steps of doing real-life sociological practices as conducted by experts in the field. The contributors to this volume range from university and college faculty, government sociologists, and practitioners from the private sector. Each of the chapters is by intention and design a personal statement, a case study illustrating how the authors practice sociology in their own words and style, giving readers a clearer understanding of what sociologists do outside of teaching in universities. And most importantly, an understanding of what they could do with sociology. Readable, relevant, and accessible, Doing Sociology is an invaluable resource as a stand-alone course reader or as a supplement to a traditional textbook.

Author : Maitrayee Chaudhuri
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Sociology
ISBN : 8131604993

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Sociology in India by Maitrayee Chaudhuri Pdf

Author : Gita Chadha,M.T. Joseph
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429895333

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Re-Imagining Sociology in India by Gita Chadha,M.T. Joseph Pdf

This book maps the intersections between sociology and feminism in the Indian context. It retrieves the lives and work of women pioneers of and in sociology, asking crucial questions of their feminisms and their sociologies. The chapters address the experiential realities of women in the field, pedagogical issues, methodological frameworks, mentoring processes and artistic engagements with academic work. The volume’s strength lies in bringing together Indian scholars from diverse social backgrounds and regions, reflecting on the specificity of the Indian social sciences. The chapters cover a range of key areas, including sexuality, law, environment, science and medicine. This volume will greatly interest students, teachers, researchers and practitioners of sociology, women’s studies, gender studies and feminism, politics and postcolonial studies.

Author : Maitrayee Chaudhuri
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Sociology
ISBN : 8131603504

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Sociology in India by Maitrayee Chaudhuri Pdf

This collection captures some of the ongoing intellectual and institutional practices in sociological teaching and research in India. In the current context of globalization, it documents and theorizes about the ongoing changes. An earlier nationalist vision of education that informed much of social science practice in independent India is challenged from two very different sources: radical and local social movements on the one hand; and the imperatives of global capital on the other hand. The book further argues that sociology in India needs to engage at once with its routine everyday practices, and its unique theoretical possibilities, which allow for an active involvement in broader questions about the role of social sciences. The volume is divided into five parts: Sociology and Society: Different Takes * Sociology in the Margins: The Local and the Banal * Sociology in Professional Institutions: Global Brands and Disciplinary Marginality * New Sites and Modes of Doing Sociology * Tracking Concepts: Of Intellectual Journeys.

Author : Maitrayee Chaudhuri
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 812502512X

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The Practice of Sociology by Maitrayee Chaudhuri Pdf

This book grew out of a need to examine the practice the teaching and research of sociology in India. This need was, in turn, prompted by the experience of the contributors as students and teachers, of the problems of understanding/communicating the connections between sociology and the society in which one lives, and between sociological theory and empirical studies.

Author : B. K. Nagla,Kameshwar Choudhary
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789819951383

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Indian Sociology by B. K. Nagla,Kameshwar Choudhary Pdf

This book presents a critical and reflective view of fundamental theoretical orientations, thematic domains, and current debates in Indian sociology. It covers the growth of sociology as an academic and pedagogical subject, with four main parts. Part I discusses important theoretical orientations in Indian sociology, including Indological and civilizational approaches, as well as the contributions of an eminent sociologist and pioneer in Indian sociology, Professor Yogendra Singh, concerning the sociology of knowledge, liberal democracy, and the relevance of his concept of Islamization in the study of Indian society. Part II examines substantive areas of study such as caste, class, and tribe. Part III reflects on specific topics of current concern in Indian sociology, such as emerging vistas and futures, globalization, and rethinking area studies for planetary conversations. This book is highly relevant for postgraduate students and researchers in sociology, social anthropology, and social sciences.

Author : Maitrayee Chaudhuri,Manish Thakur
Publisher : Orient Blackswan Pvt Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9352873645

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Doing Theory by Maitrayee Chaudhuri,Manish Thakur Pdf

We live in times where theory is often understood as irrelevant in the real world. It appears to have no practical results. This has been further complicated in a post-fact world, where our identities and perception have become the final judges of truth. Sociology/social anthropology, in contrast, rests on a fundamental distinction between commonsense and theoretically informed knowledge. It teaches us to get rid of perceptions and alerts us to go beyond taken-for-granted ideas. The paradox is that although theory is taught as a mandatory paper in sociology, it is either reduced to a topic in the syllabi or used as ceremonial citations. Emphasising that theories emerge in specific historical contexts and are embedded in economic, political, social, cultural, institutional, and intellectual processes, this volume takes a new approach by highlighting the sociological paths through which theories travel and are adopted by institutions in different parts of the country. The contributors explore: the search for an indigenous theory within sociology in India; critically examine the construction of the local and the postcolonial; theorise the nation and nationalism, caste and modernity, industrial and media sociology; study the disconnect between theory taught within the classroom and theory practised in the world outside.

Author : CN Shankar Rao
Publisher : S. Chand Publishing
Page : 703 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9788121924030

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Sociology of Indian Society by CN Shankar Rao Pdf

The revision comes 10 years after the first edition and completely overhauls the text not only in terms of look and feel but also content which is now contemporary while also being timeless. A large number of words are explained with the help of examples and their lineage which helps the reader understand their individual usage and the ways to use them on the correct occasion.

Author : Philip S. Gorski
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780226304861

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The Disciplinary Revolution by Philip S. Gorski Pdf

What explains the rapid growth of state power in early modern Europe? While most scholars have pointed to the impact of military or capitalist revolutions, Philip S. Gorski argues instead for the importance of a disciplinary revolution unleashed by the Reformation. By refining and diffusing a variety of disciplinary techniques and strategies, such as communal surveillance, control through incarceration, and bureaucratic office-holding, Calvin and his followers created an infrastructure of religious governance and social control that served as a model for the rest of Europe—and the world.

Author : Hetukar Jha
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351563680

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Historical Sociology in India by Hetukar Jha Pdf

This book is a comprehensive study of historical sociology and its development, especially in the Indian context. It looks at the works of Indian sociologists and analyses their approaches in terms of book-view (normative) and field-view (descriptive) history. The volume: critically appraises reports of empirical surveys conducted during early colonial rule including those by H. T. Colebrooke, Francis Buchanan, William Adam; engages with the works of sociologists such as M. N. Srinivas, Ramkrishna Mukherjee, Louis Dumont, Nicholas Dirks, Bernard Cohn, Yogendra Singh, D. N. Dhanagare, A. M Shah, T. K. Oommen, among others; and shows how historical perspective has been adopted in understanding aspects of Indian society villages, castes, traditions, socio-cultural change, education, peasants and their movements, etc.Presenting an alternative idea of social reality, this book will deeply interest students and scholars of sociology, social theory, and social history.

Author : P. K. B. Nayar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Sociology
ISBN : UOM:39015033866610

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Sociology in India by P. K. B. Nayar Pdf

Author : A.R. Desai
Publisher : Popular Prakashan
Page : 994 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8171541542

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Rural Sociology in India by A.R. Desai Pdf

Author : Tonya K. Davidson,Ondine Park
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781487594084

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Seasonal Sociology by Tonya K. Davidson,Ondine Park Pdf

Seasonal Sociology offers an engrossing and lively introduction to sociology through the seasons, examining the sociality of consumption practices, leisure activities, work, religious traditions, schooling, celebrations and holidays.

Author : Charles Crothers
Publisher : EOLSS Publications
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781848263321

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Historical Developments and Theoretical Approaches in Sociology - Volume II by Charles Crothers Pdf

Historical Developments and Theoretical Approaches in Sociology in two volumes is a component of Encyclopedia of Social Sciences and Humanities in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty Encyclopedias. Sociology is one of several social science disciplines and smaller bodies of knowledge which seeks to understand the patterns in social life. There is a broad congruence between the objective configurations of social life and the components of the disciplines studying them, the body of sociological knowledge is socially constructed and the pathways to its gaining of knowledge influenced by a variety of factors. Moreover, since social life is ever-changing, sociology often has to scramble to catch-up with the changing social world. This work is built up around four broad topics, the first providing important shared contextual material and then followed by three broad levels of social analysis: with each of these four parts containing a number of chapters with more specific and in-depth information. The theme essay provides a general introduction and overview of the theme as a whole. In total, the work holds 40 contributions written by a selection of many international renowned specialists from 12 countries. It was important to obtain a wide range of viewpoints giving the ways in which social issues arise quite differently in a range of countries. These two volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College Students Educators, Professional Practitioners, Research Personnel and Policy Analysts, Managers, and Decision Makers, NGOs and GOs.