Indian Sociology: Theories, Domains and Emerging Concerns

ISBN-13: 9789819951376 / Angielski

B. K. Nagla; Kameshwar Choudhary

Spis treści

               Introduction – B.K. Nagla and Kameshwar Choudhary

Part I: Theoretical Orientations

1. ‘Indology and Sociology’- Prof. P. K. Bose (Former Professor of Sociology, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata)

2.   ‘The Civilizational Approach: Contributions of Surajit Sinha’ – Prof. Biswajit Ghosh, Professor of Sociology, The University of Burdwan, West Bengal)

3.    ‘A.K. Saran on Modernity, Indian Tradition and Sociology in India’ – Prof. A. K Pandey (Former Professor, BHU, Varanasi) 

4. ‘Sociology and Public Life: Professor Yogendra Singh and his Contribution to Liberal Democracy’-  Prof. Dipankar Gupta (Former Professor, JNU, New Delhi)

5.    ‘Re-visiting Islamization as a Contribution to Indian Sociology’ – K. M. Ziyauddin (Assistant Professor, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad)

6. ‘Exploring B. R. Ambedkar’s Sociology: A Biographical Approach’ – Prof. Swapan Kumar Bhattacharyya (Former Professor, University of Calcutta)

Part II: Thematic Domains

7. ‘Power in Caste: The Decline of the Dominant Caste in a Village in Eastern Uttar Pradesh’ – Prof. Hira Singh (York University, Toronto, Canada)

8. ‘Castes of the Indian Middle Class: The “tradition” and the “modern” in Contemporary India’ – Prof. Surinder S. Jodhka (JNU, New Delhi)

9. ‘Village Meaning Home: The Exodus from Urban India in the pandemic of Covid 19’ – Prof. Tulsi Patel (Former Professor of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi)

10. ‘Text and Context of Tribal Studies in India’ – Prof. Vidyut Joshi (Former Vice- Chancellor, M. K. Bhavnagar University, Gujarat)

11. ‘Changing issues in Population Research in India’ – Prof. A. K. Sharma (IIT, Kanpur)

12. ‘Locating Disability Studies within the Disciplines of Sociology and Social Anthropology’ - Prof. Nilika Mehrotra and Ritika Gulyani (Professor of Sociology and Research Scholar respectively, Centre for Study of Social Systems, JNU, New Delhi)

                                              Part III: Some Emerging Concerns

13. 'Orientations and Futures of Indian and South African Sociologies'  - Kiran Odhav and Jay Govender (respectively at NWU and UKZN, South Africa)

14. ‘Globalization of Sociology to the Sociology of Globalization’ – Prof. Habibul Haque Khondker (Professor, Abu Dhabi, UAE)

15. ‘Rethinking and Transforming Area Studies: Cultivating New Pathways of Indian and Global Studies as Planetary Conversations’ – Prof. Ananta Kumar Giri (Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai) 

O autorze

B. K. Nagla is former Professor of Sociology, M.D. University, Rohtak, Haryana. He obtained his master’s degree from Udaipur University, Udaipur, and M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Before joining at M.D. University, Rohtak, in 1978, he taught at M.S. University, Baroda, and Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science, New Delhi. After retirement in 2006, he worked as Consultant at Kota Open University and also at Banaras Hindu University as Professor, Babu Jagjivan Ram Chair. Prof. Nagla has published twelve books in areas like political sociology, Indian sociological thought, and social stratification. He has about 70 research papers in national and international journals. He received an ISC Fellow Award for the growth and development of the Indian Society of Criminology given by the Council of the Indian Society of Criminology, affiliated with the International Society of Criminology, Paris. In 2017, Sulabha International Social Organization conferred upon him ‘Sulabha Swachhata Samman’ with Gold Medal for authoring an outstanding book, Sociology of Sanitation. He is awarded Lifetime Achievement Award by Rajasthan Sociological Society and also by the Indian Sociological Society. He was also the editor of the Indian Sociological Society journal (Hindi), Bhartiya Samajshastra Sameeksha (published by Sage). 

 

Kameshwar Choudhary is former Professor of Sociology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar (Central) University, Lucknow, India. Earlier, he was Professor of Sociology at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; Associate Professor at Institute of Rural Management, Anand (Gujarat); and Lecturer in Sociology at Institute of Social Sciences, Agra. He was Visiting Fellow at CSSS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and Associate at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. He completed his M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. studies at CSSS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has completed, as Coordinator/Team Member, about a dozen projects sponsored by National Dairy Development Board, Gujarat Ecology Commission, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India; Forest Department, Government of Gujarat; UNDP, India; etc. His books have been published by reputed national and international publishers. He has also published several papers in reputed journals, edited books and articles in newspapers, like The Times of India and The Hindustan Times. He was Head, Department of Sociology, and Dean, Ambedkar School of Social Sciences (formerly SAS), B.B. Ambedkar (Central) University, Lucknow. He was Member of the Twelfth Plan Working Group on Empowerment of OBCs, DNTs and EBCs, constituted by the Planning Commission, Government of India. He was honored with Professor L.P. Vidyarthi Memorial Award 2017 by the Indian Social Science Association.

Blurb

This book presents a critical and reflective view of fundamental theoretical orientations, thematic domains, and current debates in Indian sociology. It covers the growth of sociology as an academic and pedagogical subject, with four main parts. Part I discusses important theoretical orientations in Indian sociology, including Indological and civilizational approaches, as well as the contributions of an eminent sociologist and pioneer in Indian sociology, Professor Yogendra Singh, concerning the sociology of knowledge, liberal democracy, and the relevance of his concept of Islamization in the study of Indian society. Part II examines substantive areas of study such as caste, class, and tribe. Part III reflects on specific topics of current concern in Indian sociology, such as emerging vistas and futures, globalization, and rethinking area studies for planetary conversations. This book is highly relevant for postgraduate students and researchers in sociology, social anthropology, and social sciences.