Sociology in india

The Institutionalisation of Sociology in India

1. SOCIOLOGY IN INDIA

2. The Study of Indian Society India’s rich tradition of social thought-300BC-Kautilya’s Arthasastra Crystallised sociology by 19th century Initial contributors were British Civil Servants, Indian Social thinkers and reformers, foreign missionaries etc Life situations of Indian people Especially the British officials-to know the native society and culture for smooth administration

3. History of Development of Sociology in India Sociology as an academic discipline-young discipline First course in Sociology-offered to PG students in Bombay University in 1914 and in 1919 department of sociology; 1924-full-fledged masters level programme After 70 years, by 1984, over fifty university departments in India-offering MA, M.Phil, Ph.D Lately even to the 11th and 12th standard students in schools

4. Nature of Sociology in India Sociology was introduced at the peak time of anti-colonial movement Pioneers of early Indian Sociologists were pro-nationalists G.S Ghurye, D.P Mukherjee, Radhakamal Mukherjee Got trained in the West-But glorified everything about Indian culture and society Indologists-used ancient sanskrit scriptures to study about Indian society Ignored the fact that many Indian institutions and values needed radical transformation to be in tune with modern times

5. Post independence-major themes were joint family, religion and caste, village communities etc Indian social reality understood with the theories and concepts of West Europe and North America (Developed nations)-No indigenous methodology By 1970s-a collective self-introspections Academic nationalism from academic colonialism Earlier assumption-political freedom would fetch autonomy in all spheres; economy, culture, knowledge-always questioned No distinct Indian sociology to focus on issues and themes around Indian society considering specificity and historicity of India context-for national development

6. SOME PIONEERS………

7. G.S Ghurye Father of Indian sociology University of Bombay (1924-1959) Founded Indian Sociological society, Indian Sociological bulletin Methodology-Indology Major Work-Caste and Race in India

8. D.P Mukherjee Dhurjati Prasad Mukherjee (1894-1961)- West Bengal One of the founding fathers of Indian sociology Perspectives of Marxian Sociology in India Major works-Modern Indian Culture, Basic concepts in sociology etc

9. Radha Kamal Mukherjee West Bengal (1889-1968) Professor of Economics and Sociology Played and important role in independence movement Interdisciplinary approach Works- the social structure of values, the social function of art etc

10. Iravati Karve First women anthropologist and sociologist (1905-1970) From Maharashtra Major Works- Kinship organisation in India, Hindu Society, Maharashtra-Land and People

11. M.N Srinivas Mysore Narasimhachar Srinivas (1916-1999) Educated from Oxford interest on caste, caste systems, social stratification, sanskritisation and westernisation in south India, dominant caste etc Methodology- participant observation Major work- The Remembered Village (1976)

12. References T.K Oommen and C.N Venugopal (2018) Sociology for law students , Eastern Book Company:New Delhi. Veena Das (2006) Handbook of Indian Sociology , Oxford University Press:New Delhi Nagla B K (2012) Indian Sociological Thought , Rawat Publications:New Delhi