Knowledge and Society: Situating Sociology and Social Anthropology, Revised Edition

Knowledge and Society: Situating Sociology and Social Anthropology, Revised Edition

by T.K. Oommen
Knowledge and Society: Situating Sociology and Social Anthropology, Revised Edition

Knowledge and Society: Situating Sociology and Social Anthropology, Revised Edition

by T.K. Oommen

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Overview

In this book, the author emphasizes the importance of contextualization and discusses the controversy regarding data collection techniques among sociologists and social anthropologists. He argues that there is an organic relationship between the nature of the themes studied and the methods invoked; the nature and characteristics of the universe studied and the methods employed; and that no method is inherently superior or inferior but they are contextually relevant or irrelevant. The book also addresses the advantages and disadvantages of having a pre-conceived theoretical framework and a conceptual kit in the study of ongoing social movements. The book further demonstrates how theories, concepts, data collection techniques, themes of research, and structure of society are linked. All chapters in this book singly and in combination address the ambiguous boundary between sociology and social anthropology, the unwarranted anxiety that cultural/social sciences exhibit to catch up with the 'scientificity' of material and life sciences, and the lack of clarity that sociology is prone to have regarding the appropriate units of analysis in different contexts and levels.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198090465
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 05/29/2013
Series: Collected Essays
Edition description: Revised
Pages: 272
Product dimensions: 5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

T.K. Oommen, Emeritus Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

T.K. Oommen is Emeritus Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Table of Contents

iPreface and Acknowledgements/iList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Sociology and Social Anthropology: Persisting TensionsbPart I/b1. Sociology in India: A Plea for Contextualization2. Data Collection Techniques: The Sterile Controversy3. Theory, Concepts, and Empirical Research: An Analysis in Reciprocity4. On the Craft of Studying Social Movements5. Apprehending Social Reality in a Hierarchical Society: The Rationale for a Perspective from BelowbPart II/b6. Internationalization of Sociology: A South Asian Perspective7. Sociology for One World: Towards an Authentic Sociology8. The Trajectory of Globalization and Its Implications for Social Research9. The Pasts and Futures of Anthropology and Sociology: Implications of Shifting LocationsbPart III/b10. Y.B. Damle: The Teacher, the Researcher, and the Scholar11. Disjunctions between Field, Method, and Concept: An Appraisal of M.N. Srinivas12. Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and the Nation: Situating G.S. GhuryeiReferences/iiName Index/iiSubject Index/i
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