Modernity in India : issues, perspectives and challenges / Renu Vinod.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vinod, Renu, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

India--Social conditions.

India.

Social change--India.

Social change.

Civilization, Modern.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xii, 238 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.

Summary:

"This book introduces a sociological understanding of the emergence of modernity in India and its ramifications on society, economy, and polity. It outlines the main features and context of modernity, as described in classical and later texts of modernity. The essays examine the transformation of Indian society as a consequence of the British colonial encounter resulting in social, economic, and political interventions. It also delineates the Indian context by defining the term community, and its close association with caste and religion, and subsequently examines the challenges in building a pan-Indian or national consciousness with a sense of 'we-ness' or common identity. Most importantly, the book also studies the politics of government formation after independence, and the role of dominant castes and classes in gaining power at the Centre. The book concludes with an outline of the definitions and historical practices of social exclusion in India, their contemporary configurations, the image of a socially, economically, and politically exclusive Indian modernity that poses challenges to the Indian state and civil society on account of the exclusion of multiple groups. This book would be useful to the students, researchers and teachers of sociology, women and gender studies, history, economics, political science, and other interdisciplinary courses in social sciences. The book will also be valuable reading for those interested in South Asian studies, especially post-colonial contemporary Indian society"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Understanding modernity : an outline of the main sociological perspectives

The colonial encounter in India : towards a complex modernity

Conceptualizing development : the early modernization model

India after independence : community, identity and nation

From village factions to regional parties : the democratising of caste in the field of electoral politics

Village India : from colonial idea to capitalist takeover

Public sector, LPG, and workers' struggles : an outline of the impact of state-driven capitalism on the working class

The middle class in India : its colonial, post-independent and contemporary forms

The family and the household : changing social dynamics

The economic and cultural dimensions of social exclusion in India : definitions, history and contemporary practices.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Vinod, Renu. Modernity in India

ISBN:

9781032507996

1032507993

9781032622873

1032622873

OCLC:

1409678643

Publisher Number:

99996098831