The Hindu Nationalist Sociology of G.S. Ghurye

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ID7096738
AuthorsCarol Upadhya (0000-0003-2413-3951, corresponding author)
Year2002
Volume51
Issue1
Pages27-56
Publication date2002-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociological Bulletin (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0229 • E-ISSN: 2457-0257
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0038022920020102
OpenAlexW2519559245
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited6

This paper situates the thought of G.S. Ghurye within its intellectual and political context in order to reflect on the framing of a sociological discourse about Indian society by the first post-colonial generation of Indian academic sociologists. While Ghurye incorporated the Orientalist rendering of Indian history and society in his work, he turned this discourse around to develop a cultural nationalist sociology that rejects some of the premises of colonial knowledge. However, Ghurye’s brand of sociology, by building itself around a particular understanding of Indian civilisation and ‘Indian culture’, emerges finally as an elaboration on a narrow Hindu/Brahmanical nationalist ideology that advocates cultural unity and nation-building rather than political and economic emancipation

Civilization · Colonialism · Emancipation · Framing (construction · Hindu nationalism · Hinduism · Ideology · Nationalism · Orientalism · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Theology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Gender Studies · History · Indian History and Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies · Religious Studies

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