Indian Sociology

Indian Sociology
Author: B. K. Nagla
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2023-12-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9819951380

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.

The Practice of Sociology

The Practice of Sociology
Author: Maitrayee Chaudhuri
Publisher: Orient Blackswan
Total Pages: 462
Release: 2003
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9788125025122

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.

Forgotten Founders and Other Neglected Social Theorists

Forgotten Founders and Other Neglected Social Theorists
Author: Christopher T. Conner
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2019-05-14
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 149857372X

This edited volume highlights the work of ten forgotten and neglected social theorists in the hope of reinvigorating interest in their work and their potential contributions to the analysis of contemporary social issues. Each chapter includes a brief biographical sketch, an overview of the selected theorist’s work and significance, and the relevance of their work to one or more contemporary social issues. While other similar texts tend to focus primarily on intellectual biography, our emphasis here is on the scholar’s theories and their application to contemporary social issues. We provide a contextualization of each scholar’s work, using present-day social issues or problems. Many of these individuals played a significant role in the development of sociology. Our hope is to provide a resource that will help re-integrate these marginalized social theorists, rescuing them from obscurity and elevating their status.

Sociology and Management Education

Sociology and Management Education
Author: Manish Thakur
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2021-10-31
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000529118

While examining the intersections and engagements between sociology and management education in historical and contemporary terms, this slim volume outlines the agenda of a promising prospective engagement between the two. It specifically foregrounds the Indian experience without being indifferent to the global context that has shaped the unprecedented rise of business schools. Employing a perspective from the Global South, it contextualises the dominance of the US model of management curriculum and disciplinary practices in relation to wider geopolitics of knowledge production. Parenthetically, it presents a critical assessment of Indian scholarly contributions to the field of management studies. This book should be of interest to management educators, administrators, and sociologists besides the students and researchers in the broad area of organisation studies.

Indian Sociology Through Ghurye, a Dictionary

Indian Sociology Through Ghurye, a Dictionary
Author: S. Devadas Pillai
Publisher: Popular Prakashan
Total Pages: 438
Release: 1997
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9788171548071

The Book Takes A Fresh Look At The Legacy Of Dr. G.S. Ghurye, A Pillar Of Indian Sociology. Through The Format Of This Dictionary The Author Takes A New Path. It Has The Widest Coverage Of Ghurye`S World Through All His Works And Papers. For The First Time The 80 Theses Done Under Him Have Been Documented In Short Entries. It Would Lead The Serious Reader To Some Unexplored By Laws Of Ghureye`S World And Also Of Indian Sociology.

An Invitation to Non-Hegemonic World Sociology

An Invitation to Non-Hegemonic World Sociology
Author: Eric Macé
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2024-07-19
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1538161036

Although sociology is present as a discipline or as a social practice in most countries in the world, its future as a not-only Western social science has hardly been addressed before. In this book, a team of interdisciplinary scholars have been working together not so much to offer one single response to the question than to raise important issues at stake for the future of sociology. Is it universal? Can it be indigenous? How is it possible – and is it even desirable – to write its history differently so as to know better about its early world diffusion and gradual Westernization? Do we need to expand or change its canon? This collection brings together essays that are all engaged in international discussions concerning the universality of sociology, or more precisely the epistemological and theoretical conditions of this universality. The postcolonial and decolonial critiques of the Eurocentrism of sociology are the basis for a reflection on how to continue to do sociology in a non-hegemonic way. That is, sociological ways of describing reality - including the history of sociology and its canon - that are not limited by Western-centrism or other nationalist or religious hegemonies.

Violence and the Quest for Justice in South Asia

Violence and the Quest for Justice in South Asia
Author: Deepak Mehta
Publisher: SAGE Publishing India
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2018-01-31
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9352806557

A volume of essays on how justice has been denied in various parts of South Asia – India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal.