{"product_id":"8537-collected-essays-m-n-srinivas","title":"Collected Essays - M N Srinivas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: M N Srinivas\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2002\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 733\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 978-0-19-565174-4\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive collection of essays, many of which have long been out of print and others not been published before, makes available an important corpus of work central to sociology in India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe work of M N Srinivas occupies a position of seminal importance in the development of sociology and social anthropology in India.  Srinivas favored the form of the essay, to the great advantage of his student.  His essays are remarkable for their methodological rigor and accessibility.  They are also noteworthy for their wide range; they bridge theory, method and fieldwork reality, and also cover a large area of this reality, and also cover a large area of this reality.  Displaying an acute awareness of changing social realities, Srinivas wrote with the objectivity necessary for sociological method, and with a humanist’s compassion.  His essays are ample evidence of this skill and gift.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis comprehensive collection of his essays is organized thematically into eight sections that reflect the vast terrain of his scholarship: Village Studies; Caste and Social Structure; Gender; Religion; Cultural and Social Change in India; Sociology and Social Anthropology in India; Method; and Autobiographical Essays.  The autobiographical pieces are especially valuable — they provide glimpses of the person behind the sociologist, and reveal just how intertwined the two were.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany of these essays have long been out of print; others have not been published before.  With a foreword by Professor A M Shah, this volume makes available an important corpus of work central to sociology in India.  It will be of immense value not only to students and teachers of sociology and anthropology, but also to those interested in understanding the manifold dimensions and changes of social reality in India.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART I : VILLAGE STUDIES : RAMPURA\u003cbr\u003eThe Indian Village: Myth and Reality\u003cbr\u003eThe Social System of a Mysore Village\u003cbr\u003eThe Dominant Cast in Rampura\u003cbr\u003eThe Study of Disputes in an Indian Village\u003cbr\u003eA Caste Dispute among the Washermen of Mysore\u003cbr\u003eA Joint Family Dispute in a Mysore Village\u003cbr\u003eThe Case of the Potter and the Priest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II : CASTE AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE\u003cbr\u003eThe Evolution of Caste in India\u003cbr\u003eVarna and Caste\u003cbr\u003eSome Reflections on the Nature of Caste Hierarchy\u003cbr\u003eMobility in the Caste System\u003cbr\u003eA Note on Sanskritization and Westernization\u003cbr\u003eThe Cohesive Role of Sanskritization\u003cbr\u003eThe Caste System and Its Future\u003cbr\u003eCaste in Modern India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III : GENDER\u003cbr\u003eThe Changing Position of Indian Women\u003cbr\u003eSome Reflections on Dowry\u003cbr\u003eCulture and Human Fertility in India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART IV : RELIGION\u003cbr\u003eA Brief Note on Ayyapa, the South Indian Deity\u003cbr\u003eGandhi’s Religion\u003cbr\u003eThe Social Significance of Religion in India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART V : CULTURAL AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN INDIA\u003cbr\u003eOn Living in a Revolution\u003cbr\u003eNation-Building in Independent India\u003cbr\u003eScience, Technology and Rural Development in India\u003cbr\u003eThe Dual Cultures of Independent India\u003cbr\u003eChanging Institutions and Values in Modern India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART VI : SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN INDIA\u003cbr\u003eSocial Anthropology and Sociology \u003cbr\u003eSociology in India and Its Future\u003cbr\u003eThe Development of Sociology and Social Anthropology in India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART VII : METHOD\u003cbr\u003eVillage Studies, Participant Observation and Social Science Research in India\u003cbr\u003eThe Fieldworker and the Field: A Village in Karnataka\u003cbr\u003eThe Observer and the Observed in the Study of Cultures\u003cbr\u003eThe insider versus The Outsider in the Study of Cultures\u003cbr\u003eParticipant Observation\u003cbr\u003eStudying One’s Own Culture: Some Thoughts\u003cbr\u003eIndia Anthropologists and the Study of Indian Culture\u003cbr\u003eSocial Anthropology and Literary Sensibility\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART VIII : AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS\u003cbr\u003eMy Baroda Days\u003cbr\u003eSociology in Delhi\u003cbr\u003eItineraries of an Indian Social Anthropologist\u003cbr\u003ePractising Social Anthropology in India\u003cbr\u003eAll is Not Lost if Your Plans Go Awry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfterword : An Interview with M N Srinivas \u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"M N Srinivas \/ Oxford University Press \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40776737751209,"sku":"8537","price":73.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/8537_b3f07dd4-c6fa-40ae-b645-ffe162e7a47c.jpg?v=1625571999","url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/products\/8537-collected-essays-m-n-srinivas","provider":"The India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}