Anthropology in the East: Founders of Indian sociology and anthropology/ edited by Patricia Uberoi, Nandini Sundar and Satish Deshpande [electronic resource]
Contributor(s): Uberoi, P. (Patricia) [editor] | Sundar, N. (Nandini) [editor] | Deshpande, S. (Satish) [editor].
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TextPublisher: [India]: [Orient BlackSwan], 2010Edition: 1st.Description: e-book contains 580 p.ISBN: 9788178245713.Subject(s): Anthropology - India | Sociology - India | Society - IndiaDDC classification: 301 Online resources: http://ebooks.orientblackswandigital.com/product/anthropology-in-east Click here Subject: Anthropology and sociology have long histories within India. Yet, with the exception of fieldwork experience, there is neither much material on the institutional and material contexts of these disciplines, nor on the practices of pioneering anthropologists and sociologists in shaping the intellectual contours of their craft. The present book, on the major figures in Indian anthropology and sociology, fills an important gap. While the sociology/anthropology of India is not purely a national phenomenon (significant scholars and centres for the study of India exist outside its borders), and while Western theories have been important factors, it is demonstrated here that local influences
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Anthropology and sociology have long histories within India. Yet, with the exception of fieldwork experience, there is neither much material on the institutional and material contexts of these disciplines, nor on the practices of pioneering anthropologists and sociologists in shaping the intellectual contours of their craft. The present book, on the major figures in Indian anthropology and sociology, fills an important gap. While the sociology/anthropology of India is not purely a national phenomenon (significant scholars and centres for the study of India exist outside its borders), and while Western theories have been important factors, it is demonstrated here that local influences
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