Anthropology in The East : Founders of Indian Sociology and
Anthropology/edited by Patricia Uberoi, Nandini Sundar and Satish Deshpande.
Ranikhet Cantt., Permanent Black, 2007, xiv, 552 p., tables,
figs., ISBN 81-7824-190-0.
Anthropology in The East : Founders of Indian Sociology and
Anthropology/edited by Patricia Uberoi, Nandini Sundar and Satish Deshpande.
Ranikhet Cantt., Permanent Black, 2007, xiv, 552 p., tables,
figs., ISBN 81-7824-190-0.
Contents: Preface. 1.
Introduction: the professionalisation of Indian anthropology and sociology:
people, places, and institutions/Patricia Uberoi, Satish Deshpande and Nandini
Sundar. 2. Anthropology as 'Ananthropology': L.K. Ananthakrishna Iyer
(1861-1937), Colonial Anthropology, and the 'Native Anthropologists' as pioneer/Kalpana
Ram. 3. The Nationalist Sociology of Benoy Kumar Sarkar/Roma Chatterji. 4.
Recasting the Oraons and the 'Tribe': Sarat Chandra Roy's Anthropology/Sangeeta
Desgupta. 5. Patrick Geddes; sociologist, environmentalist and town planner/Indra
Munshi. 6. The idea of Indian Society: G.S. Ghurye and the making of Indian
Sociology/Carol Upadhya. 7. Search for synthesis: the sociology of D.P. Mukerji/T.N.
Madan. 8. The anthropologist as 'scientist'? Nirmal Kumar Bose/Pradip Kumar Bose. 9.
Between anthropology and literature: the ethnographies of Verrier Elwin/Ramachandra
Guha. 10. In the cause of anthropology: the life and work of Irawati Karve/Nandini
Sundar. 11. Towards a Praxiological understanding of Indian Society: the
sociology of A.R. Desai/Sujata Patel. 12. Ties that bind: tribe, village, nation
and S.C. Dube/Saurabh Dube. 13. Fashioning a postcolonial discipline: M.N.
Srinivas and Indian sociology/Satish Deshpande. Index.
"Anthropology and sociology
have long histories in India. Yet, with the exception of fieldwork experience,
there is neither much available on the institutional and material contexts of
these disciplines, nor on the practices of pioneering anthropologists and
sociologists. The present book fills an
important gap. While the sociology of India is not purely national phenomenon
(scholars and centers studying Indian exist outside) and while western theories
have been important, this book shows that local influences and personalities
played a major role in shaping the field. The volume spans a century of
life and work, from the late nineteenth to the late twentieth century, and
focuses on scholars with varying research trajectories. However, it also shows
the threads that bind these scholars: their common concern with nation-building,
social reform and the value of science. Combining biography,
institutional history, and critical assessment, this book will interest all
anthropologists, sociologists, and South Asianists, as well as those interested
in intellectual history and biography." (jacket)