Historical Sociology in India

ISBN-13: 9780815376521 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 144 str.

Pa former Professor of Sociology Hetukar (Hetukar Jha Jha

Opis

This book is a comprehensive study of historical sociology and its development, especially in the Indian context. The volume studies around two centuries of sociological thought in India and demonstrates how historical sources add a different dimension to the understanding of social reality.

Spis treści

Preface.  Part I  Historical Sociology 1. Background and Emergence  Part II  History and The Tradition of Indian Sociology 2. Early Colonial Period 3. Post-1858 Era 4. The Phase of ‘Pioneers’ 5. Sociology after Independence Conclusion. References. Bibliography. Index.

O autorze

Hetukar Jha, former Professor of Sociology, Patna University, Bihar, India. He has been working on villages, culture, traditions, education and other sociological concepts from a historical perspective since 1968. He has published more than 120 research papers and 20 books including Colonial Context of Higher Education in India (1985), Social Structures of Indian Villages (1991) and Perspectives on Indian Society and History (ed., 2002). He is currently working on the village world in the colonial period.