Invitation to Social and Cultural Anthropology (Hardbound - 2004)

Invitation to Social and Cultural Anthropology is highly useful book for the students at degree level of different Universities and Civil Service examinees. Keeping in view the requirements of students of both the categories, the book includes some special topics like Fieldwork, Tribal situation in India, and Problems of Tribals and Tribal Welfare in India besides the traditional topics of Social and Cultural Anthropology. This would provide the readers with a helpful frame of reference. All possible attempts have been made to cite the examples from vast materials of Indian ethnographic data to help the students to develop a clear perception on the Indian anthropology. The uniqueness of the book lies not only in the incorporation of the data, both of Indian as well as those of the other societies of the rest of the world on a comparative basis, but also in the application of social and cultural anthropology for the welfare of the tribal societies in India which may cater to the requirements of administrators and policy makers in solving the problems of tribals in India. The book would effectively help the target groups to understand the science of Social and Cultural anthropology in a broader perspective as very few books are available on this topic in the Indian context.

Dr. K.N. Dash, M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D., is a young Anthropologist engaged in teaching and research for twenty years at the undergraduate level in a constituent college under Utkal University. Dr. Dash’s comprehensive interests in Social and Cultural anthropology have made him to pursue research on alcoholism in both the urban and tribal context at different point of time. He has also contributed to the field of demography and economic development in rural India through his research work. He has published extensively in different journals and attended many seminars and conferences of National and International importance. He has completed a number of research projects sponsored by U.G.C., Department of Culture, Government of India and ICSSR. He is presently engaged in guiding research scholars and teaching Social and Cultural anthropology.