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Book Synopsis Sociology of Religion in India by : Rowena Robinson
Download or read book Sociology of Religion in India written by Rowena Robinson and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2004-02-20 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focused on the theme of the sociology of religion, this volume brings together essays by well-known scholars which examine the resurgence of religious identities in the Indian context. The contributors question many received notions, address critical problems, and raise important issues surrounding various current debates./-//-/The papers are divided into four sections. The first deals with religion, society and national identity. The next section is devoted to sects, cults, shrines and the making of traditions. The third section discusses religious conversion, while the last section provides a comparative perspective drawn from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States. /-//-/Tackling a subject of immense contemporary importance and demonstrating a sensitivity to the shifts and changes brought about in faith, identity and tradition, this volume will be of considerable interest to students of sociology, anthropology, religion, politics and history./-//-/This book is one of the Indian Sociological Society: Golden Jubilee Volumes.
Book Synopsis Sociology of Indian Society by : CN Shankar Rao
Download or read book Sociology of Indian Society written by CN Shankar Rao and published by S. Chand Publishing. This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 703 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Re-Imagining Sociology in India by : Gita Chadha
Download or read book Re-Imagining Sociology in India written by Gita Chadha and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2018-05-16 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Rural Sociology in India by : A.R. Desai
Download or read book Rural Sociology in India written by A.R. Desai and published by Popular Prakashan. This book was released on 1994 with total page 994 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Doing Sociology in India by : Sujata Patel
Download or read book Doing Sociology in India written by Sujata Patel and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Sociological Reflections on the Covid-19 Pandemic in India by : Gopi Devdutt Tripathy
Download or read book Sociological Reflections on the Covid-19 Pandemic in India written by Gopi Devdutt Tripathy and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a sociological study of the COVID-19 pandemic in the context of India. It invites readers to understand disasters and crises as triggers of radical transformations in society, changing the very nature of every day and the meaning of normal. It discusses the processes through which society accepts, internalizes and reinvents a new way of life. It provides insights into its impact on the individual, family, economy and the state and the relationships not only between them but also within them. The chapters draw attention to the concerns of the vulnerable sections of the population – the aged, children, women, the disabled, migrant labour and the economically backward classes. The chapters are written in an engaging style, and each chapter investigates the way societies think about the risk, threat and harm and the ways to navigate crises of all kinds. As such, the book provides a key read for academics, students and administrators, as well as general readers confronted by an existential crisis caused by the pandemic.
Book Synopsis Sociology of India by : Abhijit Kundu
Download or read book Sociology of India written by Abhijit Kundu and published by Sage Publications Pvt. Limited. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new textbook traces the evolution and development of sociology as a field of study in India and enumertes the key sociological aspects of the Indian society. This new textbook enumerates a sociological perspective by tracing the development and rise of sociology as a subject in India. Through an organized thematic understanding of the sociological aspects of Indian society, this textbook aims at analysing the continuity between the past and the present. It also brings into light the new challenges and concepts gaining ground for a fresh appraisal of the Indian society. The book refers extensively to research works beyond the disciplinary boundary of sociology to help develop a lucid yet critical understanding of a multifaceted society. Fulfilling the core requirements of UGC CBCS guidelines for undergraduate students of sociology, the book will prove to be a useful companion for students of political science, history and social work, and civil service aspirants. Key Features: - Accessible approach to topics--providing conceptual clarity, without diluting the analytical thrust - Provides a holistic understanding of each topic, covering information on major works on each theme - Content resourced on the most updated references on Indian sociology - Each chapter aided by insightful pedagogical features such as learning outcomes, key terms, glossary and points for classroom discussion
Book Synopsis Scholars and Prophets by : Roland Lardinois
Download or read book Scholars and Prophets written by Roland Lardinois and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-14 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Prologue -- Part I Genesis of a Learned Milieu -- 1. The conquest of scholarly legitimacy -- 2. Orientalism and prophetic discourse -- 3. The struggle for institutional autonomy -- Part II Scholars and Prophets -- 4. The field of production of discourses on India -- 5. Scholarly practice -- 6. Prophetic Logic -- 7. Study of Hinduism as a disciplinary issue -- Part III Social Science and Indigenous Science -- 8. Louis Dumont and the Brahmanical science -- 9. Louis Dumont and the cunning of reason -- 10. The avatars of scholarship on India -- Conclusion: Sociology put to the test of India -- Postscript: Notes on the construction of a research subject -- Postface to the English-Language Edition -- Appendix. Multi Correspondence Analysis -- List of documents, tables and diagrams -- Sources and Bibliography -- General Index -- Names Index
Book Synopsis Sociology in India by : P. K. B. Nayar
Download or read book Sociology in India written by P. K. B. Nayar and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sociology written by CN Shankar Rao and published by S. Chand Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook has been comprehensively written to acquaint the students with the fundamental concepts of sociology as well as provide an introduction to the diverse field of sociology. Students will be introduced to the origins of sociology as a discipline and would get acquainted with relevant topics such as inequality, institutions, control, change, disorganisation & problems in the society. Topics such as applied sociology and social thought have also been provided to give a complete overview of the subject. This textbook not only caters as a primary text to the undergraduate students of Sociology but is also a useful reference for postgraduate students and aspirants appearing for various competitive examinations.
Book Synopsis Sociology in India by : Maitrayee Chaudhuri
Download or read book Sociology in India written by Maitrayee Chaudhuri and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Sociology of Indian Sociology by : Ramkrishna Mukherjee
Download or read book Sociology of Indian Sociology written by Ramkrishna Mukherjee and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Historical Sociology in India by : Hetukar Jha
Download or read book Historical Sociology in India written by Hetukar Jha and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Sociological Traditions by : T. N. Madan
Download or read book Sociological Traditions written by T. N. Madan and published by SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited. This book was released on 2019-01-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at the sociology of India from two perspectives: first, understanding the cultural traditions of India with special reference to religious and ethical values; and second, exploring the growth of the sociological traditions of India. Divided in two parts, the book goes beyond mere description of the main religious traditions and looks at the ethical values that are embedded in the religio-secular traditions of India. It also projects the sociological traditions of India as a historical process, a process of growth of sociological knowledge.
Book Synopsis Sociology of Education in India by : Geetha B. Nambissan
Download or read book Sociology of Education in India written by Geetha B. Nambissan and published by OUP India. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book traces the trajectory, location, and concerns of the discipline of Sociology of Education (SoE) in India. It makes theoretical and empirical engagements with the emerging key concerns of education today, which include themes of equality, identity, cultural diversity, and exclusion. It insists upon an understanding of education as a social institution. It is the first collective re-appraisal of the journey of SoE in India since the 1960s.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Indian Sociology by : Veena Das
Download or read book Handbook of Indian Sociology written by Veena Das and published by OUP India. This book was released on 2006-09-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook makes available to students a comprehensive resource reference in the field of sociology and social anthropology.
Book Synopsis The Sociology of Contemporary India by : Danesh A. Chekki
Download or read book The Sociology of Contemporary India written by Danesh A. Chekki and published by New Delhi : Sterling. This book was released on 1978 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Primarily a quantitative analysis of trends in 28 branches of sociology and social anthropology.
