Interrogating India's Modernity

Democracy, Identity, and Citizenship
Herausgeber: Jodhka, Surinder

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The last four decades have seen momentous changes in the Indian society, in terms of its structure, processes, and the dynamics of social institutions. Sociological study of stratification, identity, ethnicity, democratic processes, and urbanism and modernity, have been at the centre stage of academic engagement with this transition, and Indian sociologists have contributed significantly to this corpus of knowledge. This book brings together an Introduction and 11 essays, written by well-known experts and commentators on modern Indian society. They cover a wide range of thematic and topical issues, from class constitution of Indian cities to social hierarchies; from the state of scheduled tribes to religion and politics; and from violence of law to health care in India. Compiled in the honour of Professor Dipankar Gupta, whose four-decade-long contribution to Indian sociology has shaped the way the discipline has evolved, is learnt, taught, and practiced in India, this volume brings to fore the key concerns of his scholarship. Going beyond Dipankar Gupta's work, the essays build an overarching theoretical framework, developing the threads of sociological scholarship in these areas.

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A collection of essays by seminal commentators on contemporary Indian society, this volume outlines the state of current scholarship on the issues of caste, ethnicity, modernity, identity, and democracy in India, and a comprehensive survey of the debates and contestations in these fields. It has been put together in the honour of Professor Dipankar Gupta, whose significant contribution to Indian sociology has defined the way sociology is learnt, taught, and practiced in South Asia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 142mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780198092070
• ISBN-10: 0198092075
• Artikelnr.: 38394568

Autorenporträt

Surinder Jodhka is Professor and Head, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction: 'Modernity', Identity, and 'Citizenship'-Dipankar Gupta
and Sociology of India, Surinder Jodhka
* 1. Strangers, Neighbours, and Political Order in the South Asian
City, T.B. Hansen
* 2. The 'Embourgeoisement' of a 'Proletarian Vanguard'? Jonathan Parry
* 3. Does the Middle Class Have Boundaries? Andre Béteille
* 4. Old Differences and New Hierarchies: The Trouble with Tribes in
Contemporary India, Kriti Kapila
* 5. What Is Civil and Uncivil in Civil Society? Conceptual Reflections
on Contemporary India, Gurpreet Mahajan
* 6. Religion, Politics, and Governance: A Comparative Framework,
Gurharpal Singh
* 7. Refining the 'Moderation Thesis' Regarding 'Radical Parties': The
Jana Sangh and the BJP between Hindu Nationalism and Coalition
Politics in India, Christophe Jaffrelot
* 8. Researching Health Care in India, 1970-2010: A Reflexive Account,
Roger Jeffrey
* 9. A Different India: New Imaginaries of Otherness after the Reforms,
Ravinder Kaur
* 10. Violence of Law and Citizenship: Conundrum of Democracy under
Nationalist Ethos, A. Bimol Akoijam
* 11. Democracy in India: Of, By, and for Whom? Sumanta Banerjee
* About the Editor and Contributors