{"product_id":"7853-community-and-identities","title":"Community and Identities","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Surinder S Jodhka\u003cbr\u003eEditor(s): Surinder S Jodhka\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Sage Publications\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2001\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 269\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0761995420\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis important volume of original essays interrogates contemporary debates, popular as well as academic, on the place of communities and cultural identities in India's polity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn recent years, India has witnessed the rise of a variety of new social movements, particularly among women, farmers, Dalits, tribals and ethnic groups. These movements have raised issues which cannot be easily encompassed within the framework of the dominant theoretical and political paradigm-that is, the paradigm of development. Further, these mobilizations have given rise to fresh debates on subjects like secularism, development and modernity, which are leading to important shifts in the social scientific enterprise and research agenda. Prominent among these is in increasing preoccupation with the study of social identities along with a renewed interest in the processes of both the dissolution and the formation of communities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is against this background that this important volume of original essays interrogates contemporary debates, popular as well as academic, on the place of communities and cultural identities in India’s polity. In particular, the contributors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnalyse some of the emerging concerns in the social and political life of contemporary India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeal with issues that are central to recent debates among social and political theorists, that is, community, identity, nation and civil society; and\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePresent fresh perspectives on these issues which are of interest to most developing societies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book has two broad stands. The first comprises essays which deal with conceptual issues relating to the notions of identity and community. The second presents specific contexts or case studies of various identity-based movements where the notion of community has been invoked as a central category.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBringing together scholars from diverse disciplines and fashioning g a new social and political discourse which can engage with these emerging processes, this volume will attract a wide audience among all the social science disciplines, especially sociology, political science, social anthropology, social theory and cultural studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I: COMMUNITY AND IDENTITIES: CONCEPTUAL QUESTIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Concept of Community in Indian Social Sciences: \u003cbr\u003eAn Anthropological Perspective\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the Tracks of Community and Identity: \u003cbr\u003eDeepening the Interrogations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Eclipse or the Renaissance of Community?\u003cbr\u003eThe Career of the Concept\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II: CASTE, CLASS AND THE POLITICS OF COMMUNITY IDENTITIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs Caste appeal Casteism? Oppressed Castes in Politics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Ambiguity of Categories: Community and Identity in the Kapunadu Movement\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNarratives in the Reconstitution of Communities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCommunity, Identity and Politics: The Baliapal Movement\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III: GLOBALIZATION AND THE SPATIAL REARTICULATION OF COMMUNITIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCan You Talk Indian? Shifting Notions of Community and Identity in the Indian Diaspora\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Spatiality of Community: Evaluating the Impact of Globalization on Regional Identities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART IV: MINORITIES, WOMEN AND COMMUNITIES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNegotiating Boundaries and Identities: \u003cbr\u003eChristian Communities in India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCommunity, Women Citizens and a Women’s Politics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Editor and Contributors\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Surinder S Jodhka \/ Sage Publications \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40785843781801,"sku":"7853","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/7853.jpg?v=1625529860","url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/products\/7853-community-and-identities","provider":"India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}