Relevance of Methodology of M. N. Srinivas Today
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Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17824896 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sukant K Chaudhury (University of Lucknow, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 265-275 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2277-436X • E-ISSN: 2632-4369 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2277436x20968952 |
| OpenAlex | W3113171008 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 8 |
This article aims at analysing the methods and techniques used by M. N. Srinivas, the pioneer of Indian sociology and social anthropology. Srinivas was the founder of sociology department at two universities in India: Baroda and Delhi, where his focus was to pursue lengthy fieldwork with participant observation technique by the researcher. He was influenced by Radcliffe-Brown’s structural-functional approach and pursued it in village studies in India. His village studies in Rampura produced many ideas and concepts par excellence: Sanskritisation, Westernisation, Secularisation and Dominant Caste including the concept of vote bank. Further, this article discusses the interface between sociology and social anthropology as advocated by him
Caste · Epistemology · Excellence · Political science · Social anthropology · Social science · Sociology · Westernization · Anthropology · Law · Philosophy · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |