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Oct 15, 2020 · The contributions of the anthropologists towards nation building in the early years after independence of India is still an unexplored research agenda in the social sciences in general and anthropology and sociology in particular.
- Abhijit Guha
- 2021
The contributions of the anthropologists towards nation building in the early years after independence of India is still an unexplored research agenda in the social sciences in general and anthropology and sociology in particular.
- Abhijit Guha
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
Das probably was the first Indian anthropologist to advocate the indispensable role of social-cultural anthropology in nation-building by combining micro level field observations within a macro framework which is still lacking among the majority of Indian anthropologists.
- Abhijit Guha
Anthropology in India began under colonial rule. The European scholars and British administrators contributed to the establishment of anthropology in India. The first anthro pological publications started with the Asiatic Society, which was established on 15 January 1784 in Kolkata by Sir William Jones (1746-1794), a philologist.
Indian anthropologists, however, in the early decades after the independence made inspiring and solid research contributions on the major problems encountered by the new nation, which has been described and analysed in detail in this book.
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