Collected Essays
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Publication date:
02/01/2004
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756 pages
275x217mm
Price: 1850.00 INR
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02/01/2004
Paperback
756 pages
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Late M.N. Srinivas
This compilation of M.N. Srinivas?s seminal essays stands out for its methodological rigor, accessibility, and comprehensive coverage of Indian social life.
Rights: World Rights
Late M.N. Srinivas
Description
This compilation of M.N. Srinivas?s seminal essays stands out for its methodological rigor, accessibility, and comprehensive coverage of Indian social life. The volume includes essays on village studies, caste and social structure, gender, religion, and cultural and social change in India. Particularly noteworthy are the autobiographical pieces, which offer valuable insights into the person behind the sociologist. This book is of immense value not only to students and teachers of sociology and social anthropology but also to the general reader interested in Indian society.
About the Author
M.N. Srinivas (1916?1999) was the J.R.D. Tata Visiting Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. He was also a Fellow of the British Academy and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute, London. A towering figure in Indian sociology, Srinivas authored several classics, including Religion and Society among the Coorgs of South India (OUP, 2004) and The Remembered Village (OUP, 1998), works that continue to shape the field of social anthropology in India and beyond.
Late M.N. Srinivas
Review
?These essays are now classics. They retain immense relevance even today as sources of data and models of insightful interpretation. This volume has quality, range, relevance, and human interest.? ? T.N. Madan, Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi ?This is a highly readable volume from the doyen of Indian sociology, who explained certain terms that have passed into common usage.? ? Indian Express ?Apart from its convenience for scholars, this collection offers an opportunity to take another look at Srinivas? remarkable innings ?in-and-as? Indian Sociology.? ? Biblio ?These essays can be read with profit both by younger students starting work on India, and by scholars curious to know the development of their discipline outside European academic circles and to have a glimpse of the major trends in Indian society over the second half of the 20th century.? ? International Sociology
Late M.N. Srinivas
Description
This compilation of M.N. Srinivas?s seminal essays stands out for its methodological rigor, accessibility, and comprehensive coverage of Indian social life. The volume includes essays on village studies, caste and social structure, gender, religion, and cultural and social change in India. Particularly noteworthy are the autobiographical pieces, which offer valuable insights into the person behind the sociologist. This book is of immense value not only to students and teachers of sociology and social anthropology but also to the general reader interested in Indian society.
About the Author
M.N. Srinivas (1916?1999) was the J.R.D. Tata Visiting Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. He was also a Fellow of the British Academy and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute, London. A towering figure in Indian sociology, Srinivas authored several classics, including Religion and Society among the Coorgs of South India (OUP, 2004) and The Remembered Village (OUP, 1998), works that continue to shape the field of social anthropology in India and beyond.
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