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Knowledge and society : situating sociology and social anthropology / T.K. Oommen.

Title
Knowledge and society : situating sociology and social anthropology / T.K. Oommen.
Author
Oommen, T. K., 1937-
Publication
New Delhi ; New York : Oxford Univ. Press, 2007.

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Description
x, 195 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
Articles chiefly with reference to India.
Series Statement
Oxford collected essays
Uniform Title
Oxford collected essays
Subject
  • Geschichte 1950-2004
  • Geschichte 1950-2004
  • Sociology > India
  • Sociology > Methodology
  • Ethnology > India
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [172]-181) and indexes.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction: Sociology and Social Anthropology: Persisting Tensions -- 1. Sociology in India: A Plea for Contextualization -- 2. Data Collection Techniques: The Sterile Controversy -- 3. Theory, Concepts, and Empirical Research: An Analysis in Reciprocity -- 4. On the Craft of Studying Social Movements -- 5. Apprehending Social Reality in a Hierarchical Society: The Rationale for a Perspective from Below -- 6. Internationalization of Sociology: A South Asian Perspective -- 7. Sociology for One World: Towards an Authentic Sociology -- 8. The Trajectory of Globalization and its Implications for Social Research -- 9. Frontiers of Sociology and Anthropology: Three Contexts.
ISBN
  • 9780195687750
  • 0195687752
LCCN
^^2007394108
OCLC
  • 122428478
  • SCSB-10463733
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library