Knowledge and Society
Situating Sociology and Social Anthropology, Revised Edition
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP India
- Date of Publication 2 May 2013
- ISBN 9780198090465
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages272 pages
- Size 223x143x23 mm
- Weight 436 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This volume identifies three persisting areas of tension in sociology: sociology's ambiguous identity vis-?-vis social anthropology; its claim for scientificity; and the appropriateness of the units of its analyses, namely society, nation-state, and civilization.
MoreLong description:
In this book, the author emphasizes the importance of contextualization and discusses the controversy regarding data collection techniques among sociologists and social anthropologists. He argues that there is an organic relationship between the nature of the themes studied and the methods invoked; the nature and characteristics of the universe studied and the methods employed; and that no method is inherently superior or inferior but they are contextually relevant or irrelevant. The book also addresses the advantages and disadvantages of having a pre-conceived theoretical framework and a conceptual kit in the study of ongoing social movements. The book further demonstrates how theories, concepts, data collection techniques, themes of research, and structure of society are linked. All chapters in this book singly and in combination address the ambiguous boundary between sociology and social anthropology, the unwarranted anxiety that cultural/social sciences exhibit to catch up with the 'scientificity' of material and life sciences, and the lack of clarity that sociology is prone to have regarding the appropriate units of analysis in different contexts and levels.
MoreTable of Contents:
Preface and Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Sociology and Social Anthropology: Persisting Tensions
Part I
1. Sociology in India: A Plea for Contextualization
2. Data Collection Techniques: The Sterile Controversy
3. Theory, Concepts, and Empirical Research: An Analysis in Reciprocity
4. On the Craft of Studying Social Movements
5. Apprehending Social Reality in a Hierarchical Society: The Rationale for a Perspective from Below
Part II
6. Internationalization of Sociology: A South Asian Perspective
7. Sociology for One World: Towards an Authentic Sociology
8. The Trajectory of Globalization and Its Implications for Social Research
9. The Pasts and Futures of Anthropology and Sociology: Implications of Shifting Locations
Part III
10. Y.B. Damle: The Teacher, the Researcher, and the Scholar
11. Disjunctions between Field, Method, and Concept: An Appraisal of M.N. Srinivas
12. Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and the Nation: Situating G.S. Ghurye
References
Name Index
Subject Index
