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Madan, T. N.

Sociological traditions : Methods and perspectives in the sociology of India / T. N. Madan - 1st - New Delhi: SAGE Publications, 2012. - xxi, 306 p.: 13.97 x 2.24 x 21.59 cm.

Part I. Cultural traditions, sociological perspectives

1. Indian secularism in a post-secular age
2. Hinduism : the book view and the field view
3. Islam : the universal and the particular
4. Sikhism : the sacred and the secular
5. Gandhi and Weber : the work ethic, capitalism, and conscience Part II. Sociological traditions : exemplars, interpreters

6. Radhakamal Mukerjee and his contemporaries
7. D.P. Mukerji : towards a historical sociology
8. M.N. Srinivas : empiricism and imagination
9. Louis Dumont : India and the West
10. Contributions to Indian sociology : towards methodological pluralism

This title looks at the sociology of India from two perspectives: first, understanding the cultural traditions of India with special reference to religious and ethical values and second, exploring the growth of the sociological traditions of India.

ISBN: 9788132108801

Subjects--Topical Terms:
India, Religion and sociology, Religion and sociology India

Dewey Class. No.: 301.0954 / MAD