Tradition, Pluralism and Identity

In Honour of T N Madan
1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-7619-9381-0
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, Band 8, 476 Seiten, Gewicht: 804 g

Reihe: Contributions to Indian Sociology series

The contributions to this volume comprise papers by eminent scholars on a range of themes that have been the focus of T.N. Madan's invaluable contribution to sociological research. They cover topics including the sociology of religion, caste, family and kinship, health care, ethnicity, the Indian Diaspora as well as notions of secularism in the Indian context.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Das, Veena

Gupta, Dipankar

Uberoi, Patricia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Tradition, Pluralism and Identity - Veena Das
Framing the Issues
The Imagined Landscape - Diana L Eck
Patterns in the Construction of Hindu Sacred Geography
Caste and Purity - Patrick Olivelle
A Study in the Language of the Dharma Literature
Secularism, Unicity and Diversity - Frederique Apffel-Marglin
The Case of Haracandi's Grove
The Politics of Moral Practice in Psychotherapy and Religious Healing - Arthur Kleinman and Don Seeman
The Issue of `Right to Food' Among the Hindus - R S Khare
Notes and Comments
The Female Family Core Explored Ethnosociologically - McKim Marriot
The Diaspora Comes Home - Patricia Uberoi
Disciplining Desire in DDLJ
Indian Diaspora, Globalisation and Multiculturalism - Ravindra K Jain
A Cultural Analysis
What Did Bernier Actually Say? Profiling the Mughal Empire - Stanley J Tambiah
Rejecting Violence - Lawrence A Babb
Sacrifice and the Social Identity of Trading Communities
Caste and Politics - Dipankar Gupta
The Presumption of Numbers
Gifting and Receiving - Lionel Caplan
Anglo-Indian Charity and Its Beneficiaries in Madras
Arabs, Moors and Muslims - Dennis B McGilvray
Sri Lankan Muslim Ethnicity in Regional Perspective
Secularism Out of Its Place - Paul R Brass
The Babri Masjid and the Secular Contract - Harold A Gould
The Twilight of Certitudes - Ashis Nandy
Secularism, Hindu Nationalism and Other Masks of Deculturation
Self as Other - Lloyd I Rudolph
Amar Singh's Diary as Reflexive `Native' Ethnography

Über Autor(innen)

Uberoi, Patricia
Patricia UBEROI is currently Honorary Fellow and Chairperson of the Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi, India. Formerly, she was Professor of Social Change and Development at the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, and a member of the editorial board of the journal Contributions to Indian Sociology. Her writings are focused primarily on issues of family, kinship, marriage, sexuality and gender, and on India–China comparative studies. Among her published works are Freedom and Destiny: Gender, Family and Popular Culture in India (2006) and the edited/co-edited volumes, Family, Kinship and Marriage in India (1994), Social Reform, Sexuality and the State (1996), Tradition, Pluralism and Identity (1999), Anthropology in the East: Founders of Indian Sociology and Anthropology (2007) and Marriage, Migration and Gender (2008).

Gupta, Dipankar
Dipankar Gupta is Professor at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University.