Sociological traditions : methods and perspectives in the sociology of India

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Sociological traditions : methods and perspectives in the sociology of India

T.N. Madan

SAGE Publications India, 2011

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [266]-289) and index

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Sociological Traditions book looks at the sociology of India from two perspectives: first, understanding the cultural traditions of India with special reference to religious and ethical values; and second, exploring the growth of the sociological traditions of India. Divided in two parts, the book goes beyond mere description of the main religious traditions and looks at the ethical values that are embedded in the religio-secular traditions of India. It also projects the sociological traditions of India as a historical process, a process of growth of sociological knowledge. The basic premise of the discussion is not one dominant cultural tradition but the plurality that characterizes the cultural, religious and value traditions of India, and pluralism that characterizes the sociology of India.

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Preface I: CULTURAL TRADITIONS, SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES Indian Secularism in a Post-secular Age Hinduism: The Book View and the Field View Islam: The Universal and the Particular Sikhism: The Sacred and the Secular Gandhi and Weber: The Work Ethic, Capitalism, and Conscience II: SOCIOLOGICAL TRADITIONS: EXEMPLARS, INTERPRETERS Radhakamal Mukerjee and His Contemporaries D P Mukerji: Towards a Historical Sociology - D P Mukerji M N Srinivas: Empericism and Imagination - M N Srinivas Louis Dumont: The Man and His Work - Louis Dumont Contributions to Indian Sociology: Towards Methodological Pluralism Epilogue: Engagements and Passages-An Exercise in Reflexivity References Index

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