Anti-Utopia Essential Writings of Andre Beteille

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-807597-4
Verlag: Hurst & Co.

Buch, Englisch, 504 Seiten, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 211 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

For the last four decades, André Béteille's work has had a fundamental impact on Indian sociology. While drawing from universal theoretical perspectives, Béteille has adapted them to empirical realities in India. This collection brings together 19 of the most seminal writings of Béteille, 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.

Zielgruppe

Students and scholars of sociology, anthropology, politics, history, and the informed general audience.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beteille, Andre

Béteille, André

Gupta, Dipankar

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Sozialisation, Soziale Interaktion, Sozialer Wandel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Paperback Edition (Dipankar Gupta)
Acknowledgements
The Anti-Utopian Liberal: An Introduction to the Works of André Béteille (Dipankar Gupta)
Section I: Studying Society: Academic Judgement and Common Sense
1: Sociology and Anthropology: Their Relationship in One Person's Career
2: Sociology and Common Sense
3: Religion as a Subject for Sociology
Section II: Methods and Concepts: Operationalizing the Field
4: Some Observations on the Comparative Method
5: Ideas and Interests
6: Tribe and Peasantry
7: Race, Caste, and Gender
Section III: Social Stratification in India: The Dynamics of Class, Status, and Political Mobilization
8: Caste in Contemporary India
9: Caste, Class, and Power
10: The Future of the Backward Classes: The Competing Demands of Status and Power
11: Class and Status
Section IV: Equality and Individualism: the Tension between Fact and Value
12: The Idea of Natural Inequality
13: The Two Sources of Inequality
14: The Reproduction of Inequality
15: Individualism and Equality
Section V: Civil Society and Institutional Well-Being
16: The Conflict of Norms and Values
17: Equality as a Right and as a Policy
18: Distributive Justice and Institutional Well-Being
19: Civil Society and the Good Society
Section VI: Appendices: My Two Grandmothers
Interview with André Béteille
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

André Béteille 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.