Overview
One of the pioneers of sociological studies in India, Professor Andre Beteille has, over the past four decades, contributed a series of topical and stimulating articles to various newspapers. Some of these articles were collected in the book ""Chronicles of Our Time"", published a few years ago. ""Ideology and Social Science"" is a new and riveting collection of Professor Beteille's writings on Indian society, politics and culture. The fifty articles in this book cover a very wide range of subjects: from the practice of sociology to the prospects of political liberalism, from contemporary debates about caste and caste quotas to old and still persisting myths about what is said to constitute the essence of Indian culture. Beteille's ambit includes the relevant and important themes of secularism, diversity and unity in cultures, the culture of tolerance, discrimination at work, value systems in the changing Indian family, and caste practices in village communities. Steering clear of passing intellectual trends as well as partisan politics, Beteille reaches his conclusions based on a careful examination of the evidence, not on a search for facts that fit a preconceived theory. Through his writings, he makes a cogent and passionate appeal to separate sociological theory from the frameworks of social activism.
Full Product Details
Author: Andre Beteille
Publisher: Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Books India
Dimensions:
Width: 13.00cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 20.00cm
ISBN: 9780143062011
ISBN 10: 0143062018
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 13 May 2006
Audience:
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
""'[Amartya] Sen has recently given us The Argumentative Indian; and now, in your hands, is [Andre] Beteille's equally compelling collection of essays on Indian ideas, themes and debates.' - Ramachandra Guha""
'[Amartya] Sen has recently given us The Argumentative Indian; and now, in your hands, is [Andre] Beteille's equally compelling collection of essays on Indian ideas, themes and debates.' - Ramachandra Guha
Author Information
Andre Beteille was a founder-member of the Department of Sociology of the Delhi School of Economics where he was Professor of Sociology till 1999. He has held visiting appointments at Cambridge, the London School of Economics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam and various other institutions in Europe and America. Apart from his newspaper articles, he has published extensively in scholarly periodicals in India and abroad.
