Professor Arvind Manilal Shah
Researcher, Teacher and Institution Builder
Dados Bibliográficos
| ID | 10560355 |
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| Autores | Tulsi Patel (0000-0003-0847-8837, University of Delhi, autor correspondente) |
| Ano | 2021 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Fascículo | 1 |
| Páginas | 111-124 |
| Data de publicação | 2021-01-01 |
| Open Access | Sim |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Sociological Bulletin (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0038-0229 • E-ISSN: 2457-0257 |
| Editora | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0038022920979526 |
| OpenAlex | W3127147691 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referências citadas | 5 |
The shock of Professor A. M. Shah’s (AMS) demise is fresh in our minds as is his memory as an interactive, alert, productive and disciplined scholar at the ripe age of 89. This article tries to summarise his enormous contribution to the discipline of sociology in India. First, it takes up his path-breaking, analytically sharp mind towards conceptual clarity to match with empirical data that questioned many prevailing assumptions. He put forth the household dimension as the processual dimension of family in India, caste division as a feature of many urban castes, besides hierarchy, which alone was assumed to characterise caste in India. Next, it looks at his brand of work with historical and contemporary empirical perspective in the areas of kinship, marriage, lineage, old age and family policy, religion and sects through his research publications. Next, it describes AMS as a simple and upright person and a dedicated teacher who enjoyed teaching and focused on clarity and understanding without fashionable jargon. His strict but compassionate and no-nonsense approach towards students contributed also to the high status of sociology in the Delhi University. This is followed by his selfless commitment to academic administration in the Delhi University and wider institution-building acumen that benefitted Indian Sociological Society among others
Caste · CLARITY · Demise · Hierarchy · Institution · Kinship · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Law · Social and Economic Development in India · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
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