Collected essays / M.N. Srinivas ; with a foreword by A.M. Shah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Srinivas, Mysore Narasimhachar.

Standardized Title:

Essays. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social change--India.

Social change.

India.

India--Social conditions--1947-.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xx, 733 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2002]

Summary:

Articles on diverse aspects of social transformation in India.

Contents:

Part I Village Studies: Rampura

1. The Indian Village: Myth and Reality 3

2. The Social System of a Mysore Village 40

3. The Dominant Caste in Rampura 74

4. The Study of Disputes in an Indian Village 93

5. A Caste Dispute among the Washermen of Mysore 100

6. A Joint Family Dispute in a Mysore Village 122

7. The Case of the Potter and the Priest 143

Part II Caste and Social Structure

8. The Evolution of Caste in India 161

9. Varna and Caste 166

10. Some Reflections on the Nature of Caste Hierarchy 173

11. Mobility in the Caste System 187

12. A Note on Sanskritization and Westernization 200

13. The Cohesive Role of Sanskritization 221

14. The Caste System and Its Future 236

15. Caste in Modern India 251

Part III Gender

16. The Changing Position of Indian Women 279

17. Some Reflections on Dowry 301

18. Culture and Human Fertility in India 324

Part IV Religion

19. A Brief Note on Ayyappa, the South Indian Deity 349

20. Gandhi's Religion 355

21. The Social Significance of Religion in India 362

Part V Cultural and Social Change in India

22. On Living in a Revolution 373

23. Nation-Building in Independent India 388

24. Science, Technology and Rural Development in India 414

25. The Dual Cultures of Independent India 429

26. Changing Institutions and Values in Modern India 443

Part VI Sociology and Social Anthropology in India

27. Social Anthropology and Sociology 457

28. Sociology in India and Its Future 467

29. The Development of Sociology and Social Anthropology in India 480

30. Village Studies, Participant Observation and Social Science Research in India 515

31. The Fieldworker and the Field: A Village in Karnataka 532

32. The Observer and the Observed in the Study of Cultures 542

33. The Insider versus The Outsider in the Study of Cultures 553

34. Participant Observation 561

35. Studying One's Own Culture: Some Thoughts 571

36. Indian Anthropologists and the Study of Indian Culture 588

37. Social Anthropology and Literary Sensibility 594

Part VIII Autobiographical Essays

38. My Baroda Days 609

39. Sociology in Delhi 623

40. Itineraries of an Indian Social Anthropologist 641

41. Practising Social Anthropology in India 664

42. All is Not Lost if Your Plans Go Awry 689

Afterword: An Interview with M.N. Srinivas 696.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [714]-725) and index.

ISBN:

019565174X

OCLC:

49618325