{"product_id":"doing-theory-locations-hierarchies-and-disjunctions-9789352873647","title":"Doing Theory: Locations, Hierarchies and Disjunctions","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Maitrayee Chaudhuri and Manish Thakur (Eds.)\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Sociology - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe live in times where theory is often understood as irrelevant in the real world. It appears to have no practical results. This has been further complicated in a post-fact world, where our ‘identities’ and ‘perception’ have become the final judges of truth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSociology\/social anthropology, in contrast, rests on a fundamental distinction between commonsense and theoretically informed knowledge. It teaches us to get rid of ‘perceptions’ and alerts us to go beyond taken-for-granted ideas. The paradox is that although theory is taught as a mandatory paper in sociology, it is either reduced to a topic in the syllabi or used as ceremonial citations. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmphasising that theories emerge in specific historical contexts and are embedded in economic, political, social, cultural, institutional, and intellectual processes, this volume takes a new approach by highlighting the sociological paths through which theories travel and are adopted by institutions in different parts of the country.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe contributors explore: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ethe search for an ‘indigenous’ theory within sociology in India; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ecritically examine the construction of the ‘local’ and the ‘postcolonial’; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003etheorise the ‘nation’ and ‘nationalism’, caste and modernity, industrial and media sociology; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003estudy the disconnect between theory taught within the classroom and theory practised in the world outside.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45616522199191,"sku":"9789352873647","price":1319.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789352873647.webp?v=1769295014","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/doing-theory-locations-hierarchies-and-disjunctions-9789352873647","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}