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May 28, 2024 · Researches on the history of Anthropology in India unlike western countries have not yet become a formidable tradition despite the fact that courses on the growth and development of Anthropology ...
- Abhijit Guha
4.0 OBJECTIVES. After studying this unit you will be able to. describe the social antecedents of sociological thought in India. discuss the socio-religious movements for reform. explain the political movement for freedom. describe the intellectual antecedents of sociological thought. outline the emergence of sociology and social anthropology in ...
This entry offers an overview of a field that would be called social anthropology in contexts outside India (and especially in the West). In India, much of social anthropology is practiced under the disciplinary label of sociology, and influential voices in the academy beginning with M. N. Srinivas have insisted on the indivisibility of the two.
- Abhijit Guha
the beginning Indians became sociologists and anthropologists mostly by accident. For example, one of the earliest and best known pioneers of social anthropology in India, L.K. Ananthakrishna Iyer (1861-1937), began his career as a clerk, moved on to become a school teacher and later a college teacher in Cochin state in pr esent day Kerala. In
Jul 17, 2023 · India -- Social conditions, India -- Economic conditions, Inde -- Conditions sociales, Inde -- Conditions economiques Publisher Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English Item Size 586.5M
This entry offers an overview of a field that would be called social anthropology in contexts outside India (and especially in the West). In India, much of social anthropology is practiced under the disciplinary label of sociology, and influential voices in the academy beginning with M. N. Srinivas have insisted on the indivisibility of the two.
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The anthropologists mentioned above as well as others like K. P. Chattopadhyay made inroads into detailed systematic studies of Indian populations. Many Indian anthropologists also began to be educated abroad, especially as students of W. H. R. Rivers (like G. S. Ghurye and Chattopadhyay in 1923) and B. Malinowski.
