000			01083 a2200157 4500
020			_a9780199467020
082			_a301.0954 SUJ
100			_aSujata Patel
245			_aDoing Sociology in India
260			_bOxford University Press  _c2011 _aNew Delhi
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520			_aThis important volume on the history of sociology in India locates scholars, scholarship, theories, perspectives, and practices of the discipline in different cities and regions of the country over a century. It argues that this history is enmeshed in political projects of constructing a ‘society’, which took place as a result of colonialism and dominant nationalism. The book affirms the existence of both strong and weak traditions of scholarship in India and underscores three processes that have aided this development at various points of time: reflexive interrogation of received scholarship; probing ideal types of theories within classrooms; and questioning existing debates on society and its language by the public.
650			_aSociology
650			_aIndia
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