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Intro
Preface
About This Book
Contents
Editors and Contributors
1 Introduction
1.1 Trajectory of Growth
1.1.1 Sociology and Social Anthropology
1.1.2 Issue of Indigenization
1.1.3 Exogenous Influence and Weaknesses
1.1.4 Way Forward
1.2 About the Book
1.2.1 Theoretical Orientations
1.2.2 Thematic Domains
1.2.3 Emerging Concerns
References
Part I Theoretical Orientations
2 Indology and Sociology
2.1 Indological Perspective
2.1.1 Dumont and Pocock
2.2 Formative Period of Indian Sociology
2.2.1 The Bombay School
2.2.2 The Calcutta School
2.2.3 Ghurye and Bose
2.3 Concluding Remarks
Note
References
3 The Civilizational Approach: Contributions of Surajit Sinha
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Civilizational Approach and Its Major Tenets
3.3 Major Arguments of Nirmal Kumar Bose
3.4 Contributions of Surajit Sinha
3.4.1 Study of Indian Civilization
3.4.2 Tribe and Caste as Two Kinds of Cultural Systems
3.4.3 Continuity Between Tribal Cultures and Hindu Peasant Traditions
3.4.4 The Bhumij of Barabhum and Their Movement
3.5 Critical Assessment
References
4 A. K. Saran on Modernity, Indian Tradition and Sociology in India
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Saran's Critique of Modernity
4.3 Saran on Indian Tradition and Sociology in India
4.4 Reproaching Saran's Perspective
References
5 Sociology and Public Life: Professor Yogendra Singh and His Contribution to Liberal Democracy
5.1 Yogendra Singh's Liberal Thinking
5.2 Facets of Liberal Thought
5.3 Liberalism and Democracy
5.4 Democracy and Sociology
5.5 Concluding Remarks
References
6 Re-visiting Islamization as a Contribution to Indian Sociology and Yogendra Singh
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Genesis of Islamization
6.3 Deriving References to Understand Islamization
6.4 Misgivings and Stereotyping of the Process
6.5 Yogendra Singh and Indian Sociology
6.6 Islam and Modernization in India
6.7 Islam, Caste and Modernisation
6.8 Conclusion
References
7 Exploring B. R. Ambedkar's Sociology: A Biographical Approach
7.1 Ambedkar's Sociology as Social Criticism
7.2 Probable Reason Behind Hesitancy Regarding Ambedkar
7.3 Utilities of Ambedkar's Thought for Sociologists
7.4 His Life is His Lesson
7.5 Ambedkar and Contradictions in the Structure and Process of Indian Society
7.6 In Lieu of a Conclusion
References
Part II Thematic Domains
8 Power in Caste: The Decline of the Dominant Caste in a Village in Eastern Uttar Pradesh
8.1 Introduction
8.2 The Venue of Observation
8.3 Rajputs, The Dominant Caste
8.4 Formal Leadership
8.5 Informal Leadership
8.6 Challenge from Below
8.7 Structural Factors
8.8 Continuity and Change
8.9 Epilogue
8.9.1 Power in Caste
8.9.2 Persistence and Change in Caste
References
Preface
About This Book
Contents
Editors and Contributors
1 Introduction
1.1 Trajectory of Growth
1.1.1 Sociology and Social Anthropology
1.1.2 Issue of Indigenization
1.1.3 Exogenous Influence and Weaknesses
1.1.4 Way Forward
1.2 About the Book
1.2.1 Theoretical Orientations
1.2.2 Thematic Domains
1.2.3 Emerging Concerns
References
Part I Theoretical Orientations
2 Indology and Sociology
2.1 Indological Perspective
2.1.1 Dumont and Pocock
2.2 Formative Period of Indian Sociology
2.2.1 The Bombay School
2.2.2 The Calcutta School
2.2.3 Ghurye and Bose
2.3 Concluding Remarks
Note
References
3 The Civilizational Approach: Contributions of Surajit Sinha
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The Civilizational Approach and Its Major Tenets
3.3 Major Arguments of Nirmal Kumar Bose
3.4 Contributions of Surajit Sinha
3.4.1 Study of Indian Civilization
3.4.2 Tribe and Caste as Two Kinds of Cultural Systems
3.4.3 Continuity Between Tribal Cultures and Hindu Peasant Traditions
3.4.4 The Bhumij of Barabhum and Their Movement
3.5 Critical Assessment
References
4 A. K. Saran on Modernity, Indian Tradition and Sociology in India
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Saran's Critique of Modernity
4.3 Saran on Indian Tradition and Sociology in India
4.4 Reproaching Saran's Perspective
References
5 Sociology and Public Life: Professor Yogendra Singh and His Contribution to Liberal Democracy
5.1 Yogendra Singh's Liberal Thinking
5.2 Facets of Liberal Thought
5.3 Liberalism and Democracy
5.4 Democracy and Sociology
5.5 Concluding Remarks
References
6 Re-visiting Islamization as a Contribution to Indian Sociology and Yogendra Singh
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Genesis of Islamization
6.3 Deriving References to Understand Islamization
6.4 Misgivings and Stereotyping of the Process
6.5 Yogendra Singh and Indian Sociology
6.6 Islam and Modernization in India
6.7 Islam, Caste and Modernisation
6.8 Conclusion
References
7 Exploring B. R. Ambedkar's Sociology: A Biographical Approach
7.1 Ambedkar's Sociology as Social Criticism
7.2 Probable Reason Behind Hesitancy Regarding Ambedkar
7.3 Utilities of Ambedkar's Thought for Sociologists
7.4 His Life is His Lesson
7.5 Ambedkar and Contradictions in the Structure and Process of Indian Society
7.6 In Lieu of a Conclusion
References
Part II Thematic Domains
8 Power in Caste: The Decline of the Dominant Caste in a Village in Eastern Uttar Pradesh
8.1 Introduction
8.2 The Venue of Observation
8.3 Rajputs, The Dominant Caste
8.4 Formal Leadership
8.5 Informal Leadership
8.6 Challenge from Below
8.7 Structural Factors
8.8 Continuity and Change
8.9 Epilogue
8.9.1 Power in Caste
8.9.2 Persistence and Change in Caste
References