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Understanding Indian Society and its culture was and is a riddle for the students of anthropology and sociology. With more than eight religious beliefs, hundreds of languages, and caste groups that are situated in various geographical and climatic terrains, India truly presents a challenge for those who try to understand its society and culture.
Understanding Indian Society and its culture was and is a riddle for the students of anthropology and sociology. With more than eight religious beliefs, hundreds of languages, and caste groups that are situated in various geographical and climatic terrains, India truly presents a challenge for those who try to understand its society and culture.
While it is true that sociology and anthropology in India have been significantly shaped by theories and scholars of the west, local influences - theoretical, institutional, and national - have also played a major role in shaping the disciplines.
- Abhijit Guha
Jun 10, 2000 · true that sociology and anthropology in India have been significantly shaped by theories and scholars of the west, local influences - theoretical, institutional, and national - have also played a major role in shaping the disciplines. It is this indi-genous context, the nexus between know-ledge, institutions and practices in the life
May 28, 2024 · One source was the reading of the original texts by pioneering anthropologists which were committed to various tasks of nation building and the other was the reading of literature by...
- Abhijit Guha
Sociologists in India have generally agreed that sociology has been introduced through colonialism and one needs to understand it within the larger debate of the social anthropology and sociology in India.
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Dec 1, 2019 · PDF | The journey of 'Sociology of India' that began with 'colonial Anthropology' or 'colonisation' of the non-Western mind, prepared the ground for our... | Find, read and cite all the...