• ISBN13: 9780198080374
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Sociology and Anthropology
• Publisher: Oxford UP
• Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP
• Publication Date: January 1, 2013
• Pages: 416
• Original Price: INR 1100.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 590 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Anthropology / General and Sociology / General

Sociology as a subject for advanced teaching and research in India is now a hundred years old. One of its first locations was the University of Lucknow which opened its doors to students in 1921 at, among others, the Department of Economics and Sociology. The founding professor, Radhakamal Mukerjee, was committed to cultural-civilizational comparison and interdisciplinarity in the teaching of the social sciences. To implement his ideas, he brought in like-minded people, notably Dhurjati Prasad Mukerji and Dhirendra Nath Majumdar. Together they taught several generations of students among whom Awadh Kishore Saran was the most distinguished. The present volume, put together by one of their best known students, T.N. Madan, comprises selections from their writings and his own extensive commentaries on the same. He provides personal insights and perceptions on the orientation and academic approaches of each of these four pioneering sociologists. He pointedly and critically analyses their conceptual and theoretic orientations as well as substantive sociological concerns. The chief merit of the book lies in its attempt to invite today’s sociologists to engage with the interests and concerns of the Lucknow ‘Quartet’ and the pioneers generally.

T. N. Madan is Honorary Professor of Sociology, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi.