Towards Understanding Indian Society
Author: Gabriele Dietrich
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9788178210117
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Understanding Indian Society
Author: Samarth Modku Dahiwale
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDespite A Distinctive History Of Conflict From The Times Of Buddha To The Contemporary Ambedkar, Social Scientists Have Made Non-Brahman Traditions A Part Of Broader Hinduism. In British India, Although A Number Of Social Reformers Had Launched Anti-Systemic Movements To Challenge The Hegemony Of Upper0Caste Hindus But There Are Several Issues Of Identity, Power, Conversion, Gender Inequality And Social Justice Which Have Not Been Addressed Properly. And, Since The Last Decade, The Militant Hindus With Their Extent Of Aggression To Implement The Agenda Of Pan-Hinduism. It Is In This Backdrop, An Attempt Is Made In This Book To Reveal The Other Side Of The Story. The Non-Brahmanic Perspective Perceives The Practices Which Are Non-Vedic, Non-Shastric, Non-Castiest, Non-Patriachal Or Having Equalitarian Character, And A Number Of Attempts Made To Bring About Change/Transformation Towards The Egalitarian Order Through Protest/Resist/Action Movements Against The Brahmanic Hegemony. Accordingly, The Attention Is Focused In This Book On The Concepts Of Nation And Village, The Roots Of Untouchability, Anti-Caste Movements, Conversion Movements, And Caste Inequality In Relation To Educational And Social Policies. The Book Will Prove Useful For The Students, Teachers And Scholars In The Disciplines Of Sociology, Politics, Social Anthropology And History. Contents: Introduction- S.M. Dahiwale; Understanding Indian Society: The Relevance Of The Perspective From Below- T.K. Oommen; Nation, Anthropology And The Village- Surinder S. Jodhka; The Broken Men Theory Of Untouchability- S.M. Dahiwale; Perspectives Of The Anti-Caste Movements: Subaltern Sociological Visions- Gail Omvedt; Decoding Dalitism: Reflections On Dalit Literature In Maharashtra- S.P. Punalekar; Conversion As Subversion Of Hierarchy- Ambrose Pinto S.J.; Conversion, Empowerment And Social Transformation- S.M. Michael; Brahmanical Social Order And Christianity In India- Lancy Lobo; Educational Stratification, Dominant Ideology And The Reproduction Of Disadvantage In India- Padma Velaskar; Confronting Caste Inequality: What Sociologists Must Do To Reorient Social Policy- Satish Deshpande.
Understanding Indian Society
Author: Baburao Shravan Baviskar
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Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9788125042648
DOWNLOAD EBOOKModernity in Indian Social Theory
Author: A. Raghuramaraju
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010-12-06
Total Pages: 221
ISBN-13: 0199088365
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnlike the West, India presents a fascinating example of a society where the pre-modern continues to co-exist with the modern. Modernity in Indian Social Theory explores the social variance between India and the West to show how it impacted their respective trajectories of modernity. A. Raghuramaraju argues that modernity in the West involved disinheriting the pre-modern, and temporal ordering of the traditional and modern. It was ruthlessly implemented through programmes of industrialization, nationalism, and secularism. This book underscores that India did not merely the Western model of modernity or experience a temporal ordering of society. It situates this sociological complexity in the context of the debates on social theory. The author critically examines various discourses on modernity in India, including Partha Chatterjee’s account of Indian nationalism; Javeed Alam’s reading of Indian secularism; the use of the term pluralism by some Indian social scientists; and Gopal Guru’s emphasis on the lived Dalit experience. He also engages with the readings on key thinkers including Vivekananda, Aurobindo, Gandhi, and Ambedkar.
The Structure of Indian Society
Author: A.M. Shah
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2019-04-02
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 042968522X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores the structural features of Indian society, such as caste, tribe, sect, rural-urban relations, sanskritization and untouchability. Based on a wealth of field research as well as archival material, the book Interrogates the prevailing thinking in Indian sociology on these structures; Studies Indian society from contemporary as well as historical perspectives; Analyses caste divisions vis-à-vis caste hierarchy; Critically examines the public policies regarding caste-less society, reservations for Backward Classes, and the caste census. This second edition, with four new chapters, will be a key text for students and scholars of sociology, social anthropology, political science, modern history, development studies and South Asian studies.
Structure and Change in Indian Society
Author: Bernard S. Cohn
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-11-13
Total Pages: 866
ISBN-13: 1351487809
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRecent theoretical and methodological innovations in the anthropological analysis of South Asian societies have introduced distinctive modifications in the study of Indian social structure and social change. This book, reporting on twenty empirical studies of Indian society conducted by outstanding scholars, reflects these trends not only with reference to Indian society itself, but also in terms of the relevance of such trends to an understanding of social change more generally.The contributors demonstrate the adaptive changes experienced by the studied groups in particular villages, towns, cities, and regions. The authors view the basic social units of joint family, caste, and village not as structural isolates, but as intimately connected with one another and with other social units through social and cultural networks of various kinds that incorporate the social units into the complex structure of Indian civilization. Within this broadened conception of social structure, these studies trace the changing relations of politics, economics, law, and language to the caste system.Showing that the caste system is dynamic, with upward and downward mobility characterizing it from pre-British times to the present, the studies suggest that the modernizing forces which entered the system since independence--parliamentary democracy, universal suffrage, land reforms, modern education, urbanization, and industrial technology--provided new opportunities and paths to upward mobility, but did not radically alter the system. The chapters in this book show that the study of Indian society reveals novel forms of social structure change. They introduce methods and theories that may well encourage social scientists to extend the study of change in Indian society to the study of change in other areas.
Indian Society : For Civil Services Main Examination GS Paper I
Author: M. Senthil Kumar
Publisher: Pearson Education India
Published: 2017-08-30
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9352862643
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides an in-depth insight into the Indian society and the varied social issues it is currently faced with. While serving as a foundation and ready-reference resource, the book covers all important topics such as the role of Women in Indian Society, Population, Poverty, Urbanization and related issues of Communalism and Social Empowerment. It aims to not only equip an aspirant with all the relevant information required for scoring high marks but also help the future policy-makers to have a better understanding of what Indian society needs.
Understanding Indian Society
Author: Yogesh Atal
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 590
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFeschrfit honoring Prof. S. C. Dube on his 70th birthday; comprises contributed research papers on various aspects of Indian social conditions.
Social Change in Modern India
Author: Mysore Narasimhachar Srinivas
Publisher: Orient Blackswan
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9788125004226
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Volume Is A Compilation Of A Series Of Lectures Delivered By The Eminent Social Anthropologist M. N. Srinivas. These Lectures Have Been Widely Acclaimed And Have Since Been Recommended Or Prescribed As A Text For Students Of Sociology, Anthropology And Indian Studies. The Book Remains The Classic Of Social Anthropology As It Was Hailed, When First Published.
Interrogating Caste
Author: Dipankar Gupta
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780140297065
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe caste system has conventionally been perceived by scholars as a hierarchy based on the binary opposition of purity and pollution. Challenging this position, leading sociologist Dipankar Gupta argues that any notion of a fixed hierarchy is arbitrary and valid only from the perspective of the individual castes. The idea of difference, and not hierarchy, determines the tendency of each caste to keep alive its discrete nature and this is also seen to be true of the various castes which occupy the same rank in the hierarchy. It is, in fact, the mechanics of power, both economic and political, that set the ground rules for caste behaviour, which also explains how traditionally opposed caste groups find it possible to align in the contemporary political scenario. With the help of empirical evidence from states like Bihar, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, the author illustrates how any presumed correlations between caste loyalties and voting patterns are in reality quite invalid. Provocative and finely argued, Interrogating Caste is a remarkable work that provides fresh insight into caste as a social, political and economic reality.
