• ISBN13: 9780199467020
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Sociology and Anthropology
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP
• Publication Date: November 21, 2016
• Pages: 368
• Original Price: INR 575.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 363 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Sociology / General

This important volume on the history of sociology in India locates scholars, scholarship, theories, perspectives, and practices of the discipline in different cities and regions of the country over a century. It argues that this history is enmeshed in political projects of constructing a ‘society’, which took place as a result of colonialism and dominant nationalism. The book affirms the existence of both strong and weak traditions of scholarship in India and underscores three processes that have aided this development at various points of time: reflexive interrogation of received scholarship; probing ideal types of theories within classrooms; and questioning existing debates on society and its language by the public.

Sujata Patel, Professor, Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, University of Hyderabad.

Sujata Patel, Professor, Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, University of Hyderabad.