T K Oommen

Biographic Data

ID10218
NAMET K Oommen
GIVEN NAMEST K
FAMILY NAMEOommen
SIGNATUREOOMMEN T K
AFFILIATIONSJawaharlal Nehru University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS61
TOTAL CITATIONS148
AUTHOR COUNT61
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1966
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX6

  • On the Foibles of Indian Sociology

    Open AccessT K OommenARTICLESociological Bulletin2023References: 6

    Evolving a clear conception of Indian society is the primary task of Indian sociologists. This can be achieved by avoiding the conflation of polity and society. Several components of Indian society remain excluded or inadequately analysed. These are Adivasis, Dalits, Dravidians, religious minorities, women, etc. The differentiation between sociology and social/cultural anthropology, an extension of the Euro-American practice, inadequate internali…

  • A Socially Enlightened Visionary

    Open AccessT K OommenARTICLESocial Change2018

  • On the Structure of Subalternity and the Process of Subalternisation in India

    Open AccessT K OommenARTICLESocial Change2017Cited by: 1References: 3

    The concept of subalternity, originally formulated by the Italian Marxist, Antonio Gramsci, was amplified by a few Indian historians by juxtaposing the elitist nationalist historiography with subaltern historiography providing a bottom-up perspective. 1 This paper attempts to identify the structure of subaltern deprivations with special reference to India. The main sources of subalternisation in India are as follows: treating some groups/communit…

  • Asian presence in the International Sociological Association

    Open AccessT K Oommen, Tk OommenARTICLECurrent Sociology2016Cited by: 3References: 8

    This article attempts to understand the Asian presence in the International Sociological Association (ISA) in terms of (a) attendance at World Congresses of Sociology and (b) participation in decision-making bodies such as the ISA Executive Committee and the boards of the Research Committees. Viewing the size of the Asian population as a proportion of the world population, the Asian presence in the ISA is far from satisfactory. Being a Euro-Ameri…

  • Radhakamal Mukerjee on Social Ecology

    Open AccessT K OommenARTICLESociological Bulletin2015

  • Profession

    Open AccessT K OommenARTICLESociological Bulletin2014

  • Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and the Nation

    Open AccessT K OommenARTICLESociological Bulletin2011Cited by: 3References: 2

  • The Pasts and Futures of Anthropology and Sociology

    Open AccessT K OommenARTICLESociological Bulletin2010

  • Disjunctions between field, method and concept

    T K OommenARTICLESociety in Transition2009

    Since the early fifties M.N. Srinivas's sociological imagination has defined the perspectives and methodologies that govern the contours of Indian sociology. This text, which is the seventh memorial M.N. Srinivas lecture, makes a critical assessment of Srinivas's contribution to sociology in India and to sociology of the world. It argues that Srinivas's theories and conceptual repertoire has not been able to capture the complexities of Indian soc…

  • Disjunctions between Field, Method and Concept

    Open AccessT K OommenARTICLESociological Bulletin2008Cited by: 5

    Since the early fifties M.N. Srinivas's sociological imagination has defined the perspectives and methodologies that govern the contours of Indian sociology. This text, which is the seventh memorial M.N. Srinivas lecture, makes a critical assessment of Srinivas's contribution to sociology in India and to sociology of the world. It argues that Srinivas's theories and conceptual repertoire has not been able to capture the complexities of Indian soc…

  • Coping with Development Pathologies

    Open AccessT K OommenARTICLESociological Bulletin2006Cited by: 2References: 1

    This paper traces the trajectories in different types of anti-dam mobilization in independant India with a focus on the well-know Narmada Bachao Andolan. While the studies on anti-displacement mobilizations produced a substantial body of knowledge, they are useful neither to the civil society activists nor to the policy makers. It is suggest that, in order to render sociology relevant, we need to combine the sociology of movements and polices wit…

  • Futures India

    Open AccessT K OommenARTICLEFutures2004Cited by: 2References: 5

  • Socio-Political Transition in the Indian Republic and the European Union

    Open AccessT K OommenARTICLEEuropean Journal of Social Theory2004Cited by: 2References: 5

    In spite of their drastically different historical trajectories, the ongoing socio-political transition in the European Union (EU) and the Indian Republic (IR), two of the most complex polities in contemporary world, suggests that they aspire to combine political federalism and cultural pluralism. This is evident from their endorsing equality, identity and inclusivity as values; implementing political decentralization and facilitating differentia…

  • State Versus Nation in South Asia

    Open AccessT K OommenARTICLESouth Asian Survey2002

  • State Versus Nation

    Open AccessT K OommenARTICLESouth Asian Survey2001

  • Civil Society

    Open AccessT K Oommen, Thomas OommenARTICLESociological Bulletin2001Cited by: 1

    Apres avoir examine le concept de societe civile, l'A. montre l'implication des organisations religieuses et des associations de castes dans la societe civile indienne. Puis, se penchant sur la question des partitions linguistiques, il en examine les enjeux politiques et culturels complexes a travers le cas de l'Etat du Jharkhand

  • Situating Ethnicity Conceptually

    T K OommenARTICLEEthnicities2001Cited by: 1

  • Conceptualising Nation and Nationality in South Asia

    Open AccessT K OommenARTICLESociological Bulletin1999Cited by: 4References: 2

    L'A. passe en revue les differentes approches des notions de «nation» et de «nationalite» developpees en Asie du Sud dont il s'efforce de montrer les limites. Il considere que ces perspectives constituent un des elements de l'heritage colonial britannique. L'administration anglaise ne concevait l'Inde ni comme un peuple ni comme une nation. Il souligne que l'on peut envisager l'Inde comme une civilisation ancienne, comme une mosaique culturelle e…

  • Debate on Nation Formation

    Sukumar Muralidharan, T K Oommen et al.ARTICLESocial Scientist1998

  • Citizenship, Nationality, and Ethnicity

    L Greenfeld, T K OommenARTICLESocial Forces1998

    Part I: The Conceptual Kit: The Search for Clarity: . 1. Introducing the Argument. 2. Rethinking Citizenship, Nationality and Ethnicity. 3. Avoiding Conflations and Subsumptions. 4. Race and Religion: Untenable Factors in Nation Formation. Part II: The Empirical Process: The Trajectory of Ethnification: . 5. Colonialism and European Expansion. 6. Proletarian Internationalism and the Socialist State. 7. The Nation--State and Project Homogenization…

  • Reconciling Equality and Pluralism

    Open AccessT K OommenARTICLESociological Bulletin1996Cited by: 1References: 3

    Why did societies not foresee the dilemma of reconciling equality and pluralism until now? This is the basic question the present paper asks and tries to answer. Yet before doing so it has to clarify three questions. First, the adjective developed calls for some clarifications, in spite of the fact that it is frequently used both by experts and the lay public. Second, it is necessary to specify the sense in which the concepts equality and plurali…

  • State, Civil Society, and Market in India

    T K Oommen, T OommenARTICLEMobilization An International…1996Cited by: 1References: 2

    Western societies have accomplished relative autonomy of the state, civil society, and market. The current thrust of social transformation in post-colonial and post-socialist societies also point in the same direction. This article traces the trajectory of autonomization achieved and/or attempted in these societies, and identifies the implications of the processes involved for theory construction. It is argued that in the context of mobilizing fo…

  • Profession

    Open AccessS L Sharma, T K Oommen et al.ARTICLESociological Bulletin1995

  • Contested Boundaries and Emerging Pluralism

    Open AccessT K OommenARTICLESociological Bulletin1995Cited by: 5References: 3

    The rise and fall, construction and deconstruction of different types of boundaries - biological, psychological, geographical, cultural, social, political, economic - make up the very story of human civilisation and of contemporary social transformation. Drawing from a wide variety of contexts, this paper shows how new boundaries do not replace the old ones but rather they tend to co-exist. This co-existence is sometimes harmonious but often tens…

  • The Changing Trajectory of Constructing the Other

    Open AccessT K OommenARTICLESociological Bulletin1994Cited by: 4References: 1

    L'A. s'efforce d'etudier la construction sociale de l'«autre». Il pose la question de l'indentification sociale du «nous» et du «eux». Il montre que celle-ci se construit ordinairement autour de la race, de la religion, de la langue, de la combinaison de ces caracteristiques. On peut reperer cet autre au travers de ses coutumes, de ses pratiques. De nos jours cette prise de contact passe par les mass media. L'autre n'evoque pas necessairement l'h…