
Anti-utopia: Anti-utopia
Essential Writings of Andre Beteille
Andre Beteille(Author)
Dipankar Gupta(Editor)
OUP India (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 27. October 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
504 pages
978-0-19-807597-4 (ISBN)
Description
For the last four decades, Andre Beteille's work has had a fundamental impact on Indian sociology. While drawing from universal theoretical perspectives, Beteille has adapted them to empirical realities in India. This collection brings together 19 of the most seminal writings of Beteille, selected and introduced by Dipankar Gupta. The topics of the essays range from caste, class, and religion to methodological issues in the social sciences, equality, and civil society. The overarching theme with which these essays are concerned is how a society may ensure equality of opportunity without making grave compromises to the well-being of civil society institutions.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New Delhi
India
Target group
College/higher education
Students and scholars of sociology, anthropology, politics, history, and the informed general audience.
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-807597-4 (9780198075974)
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Persons
Andre Beteille is Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Delhi and National Research Professor.
Dipankar Gupta is former Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Dipankar Gupta is former Professor, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Content
PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION (DIPANKAR GUPTA); ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; THE ANTI-UTOPIAN LIBERAL: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WORKS OF ANDRE BETEILLE (DIPANKAR GUPTA); SECTION I: STUDYING SOCIETY: ACADEMIC JUDGEMENT AND COMMON SENSE; SECTION II: METHODS AND CONCEPTS: OPERATIONALIZING THE FIELD; SECTION III: SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN INDIA: THE DYNAMICS OF CLASS, STATUS, AND POLITICAL MOBILIZATION; SECTION IV: EQUALITY AND INDIVIDUALISM: THE TENSION BETWEEN FACT AND VALUE; SECTION V: CIVIL SOCIETY AND INSTITUTIONAL WELL-BEING; SECTION VI: APPENDICES: MY TWO GRANDMOTHERS; INTERVIEW WITH ANDRE BETEILLE; INDEX