• ISBN13: 9788132113867
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Sociology and Anthropology
• Publisher: Sage Publications
• Publisher Imprint: SAGE India
• Publication Date: January 1, 2013
• Pages: 344
• Original Price: INR 795.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 436 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Sociology / General

Contributions to Sociological Theory, aims to quell the popular belief that sociologists and their journals are shy of making a contribution to theory, they are mere empiricists. The volume introduces the dimensions and trajectories of the multiplicity of theory in its sumptuous Introduction. The volume has two sections, the first deals with the contribution of the Sociological Bulletin to the conceptual framework of sociology and the second is the contribution made to the writings of the Western thinkers who have considerably influenced Indian sociology.Table of Contents:Series NotePrefaceIntroduction Vinay Kumar SrivastavaOn Concepts and MethodsNewness in Sociological Enquiry André BéteilleParadigms and Discourses: New Frontiers in the Sociology of Knowledge Dipankar GuptaOn Reality: Its Perception and Construction Satish SaberwalRelevance of the Marxist Approach to the Study of Indian Society A.R. DesaiAltruistic Suicide: A Subjective Approach Lung-Chang YoungRational Social Action as a Basis for Creative Comparison Prakash N. PimpleyFeminist Social Theories: Theme and Variations Beatrice KachukOutsiders as Insiders: The Phenomenon of Sandwich Culture Yogesh AtalSocial Structure M.N. SrinivasOn Sociological ThikersVidyas: A Homage to Auguste Comte G.S. GhuryeMax Weber's Theory of Social Stratification: Controversies, Contexts and Correctives Rajendra PandeyMalinowski on Freedom and Civilization Vinay Kumar SrivastavaSome Reflections on Karl Popper's Theory of Social Explanation Goutam BiswasComputer Simulation and Mannheim's Concept of Perspectivism P.N. RastogiOutsider Bias and Ethnocentricity: The Case of Gunnar Myrdal Susantha GoonatillakeRobert Merton's Formulations in Sociology of Science Pravin J. PatelBourdieu's Theory of the Symbolic and the Shah Bano Case Sheena JainIndexAppendix of Sources

Professor Vinay Kumar Srivastava started his anthropological journey by joining B.Sc (Honours) in Anthropology in Hans Raj College, University of Delhi, where he also completed his M.Sc. and was awarded with gold medals in both. Srivastava was also a gold medallist of Masters in Sociology, Delhi School of Economics. He did his M.Phil. from Department of Chinese and Japanese Studies from University of Delhi and his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, U.K. in social anthropology in 1994. He was appointed as a lecturer in sociology at Hindu College, University in Delhi, Thereafter, he joined the Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, as a lecturer in social anthropology and henceforth became Reader and Professor. Srivastava held several administrative positions too. He was the teacher-in-charge of the Department of Sociology, Hindu College thrice and later became the Principal. He was Head of the Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi from 2014 to 2017 and retired after having served as a teacher for more than four decades. He joined as Director in Anthropological Survey of India in August 2017. He was also Director-in-Charge of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies. He is a member of National Commission for Sub-categorization of the Other Backward Classes under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India and also a member of the Commission that Government of India set up for De-notified, Nomadic, and Semi-nomadic Communities (2015–2018). Prof. Srivastava has more than 20 books and 100 research articles to his credit. He is the Chief Editor of Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India, and also one of the two Editors of Social Change, both published by Sage.