Ideology and Social Science India

By André Béteille

One of the pioneers of sociological studies in India, Professor Andre Beteille has, over the past four decades, contributed a series of topical and stimulating articles to various newspapers. Some of these articles were collected in the book Chronicles of Our Time, published a few years ago. Ideology and Social Science is a new and riveting collection of Professor Beteille's writings on Indian society, politics and culture. The fifty articles in this book cover a very wide range of subjects: from the practice of sociology to the prospects of political liberalism, from contemporary debates about caste and caste quotas to old and still persisting myths about what is said to constitute the essence of Indian culture. Beteille's ambit includes the relevant and important themes of secularism, diversity and unity in cultures, the culture of tolerance, discrimination at work, value systems in the changing Indian family, and caste practices in village communities. Steering clear of passing intellectual trends as well as partisan politics, Beteille reaches his conclusions based on a careful examination of the evidence, not on a search for facts that fit a preconceived theory. sociological theory from the frameworks of social activism.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143062018
• ISBN13: 9780143062011
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Penguin India
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.9" x 0.8" x 5.1"