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Indian Sociological Thought
Indian society - having a checkered history of monarchy, feudalism, colonialism, and democracy - has passed through a long evolutionary process. It is being interpreted in a variety of ways by different ideologies. The basic problem for social scientists is to find out the meaning, truth, and reality of Indian society. August Comte was the first sociologist to take up the task of defining society. Since then, gallons of ink have been put onto paper in order to define and redefine Indian society. This present work analyzes Indian society in both scientific and humane perspectives. It elicits the views of some of the leading Indian sociologists - D.D. Kosambi, Romila Thapar, Radhakamal Mukerjee, Ramkrishna Mukherjee, Yogendra Singh, Surajit Sinha, Ranajit Guha, etc. - and a few Western sociologists - Louis Dumont, McKim Marriott, David Hardiman - who have done research in India and have developed perspectives on Indian society. The book includes perspectives that are historical, Indological/textual, structural-functional, Marxist, cultural, and civilizational. The book will prove useful for students, teachers, and researchers alike.
- GenresSociology
418 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2008
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September 23, 2019
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March 29, 2021
A good researched and well documented attempt to consolidate different conceptions, typologies and strands of Indian sociology. An overview of pioneers of Indian sociology, their work and methodologies has been discussed in this work.
However, this book is not written lucidly and is difficult to read (at least for a person who is not a sociologist or sociological research scholar). Unnecessary jargons have been preferred over simple and clear concepts and ideas. There is also a need of better editing in this book.
In my view, an overview of the overall context, major ideas, empirical backing and shortcomings associated with the writers would have been a better way to frame the book.
However, this book is not written lucidly and is difficult to read (at least for a person who is not a sociologist or sociological research scholar). Unnecessary jargons have been preferred over simple and clear concepts and ideas. There is also a need of better editing in this book.
In my view, an overview of the overall context, major ideas, empirical backing and shortcomings associated with the writers would have been a better way to frame the book.
March 6, 2019
Wholly plagiarized collection.
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