The Legacy of M. N. Srinivas by A M Shah
M. N. Srinivas was an eminent sociologist and social anthropologist, who pioneered the study of modern social science in India. This book examines his multifarious contributions through the different phases in his life; theoretical ideas, especially functionalism, the concept of Sanskritization and its relevance and among others.A. M. Shah is former Professor of Sociology at the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, and National Fellow of the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, India. Felicitated with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Indian Sociological Society in 2009, he has also been the recipient of the Swami Pranavananda Award from the University Grants Commission and the Distinguished Service Award from the University of Delhi. He has held fellowships at the University of Chicago; the Centre for Advanced Study in the Behavioural Sciences, Stanford; the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK; and the University of New England, Australia. He has authored and edited many books, including The Household Dimension of the Family in India (1973); Division and Hierarchy (authored with I. P. Desai (1988); The Family in India: Critical Essays (1998); Exploring India’s Rural Past (2002); The Writings of A. M. Shah: The Household and Family in India (an omnibus, 2014); and Sociology and History (2017); The Structure of Indian Society (2012, 2019). He has contributed extensively to academic journals and symposia, including ten articles in Gujarati. He has been honoured with a festschrift, Understanding Indian Society: Past and Present (2010), edited by B. S. Baviskar and Tulsi Patel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781032176635 |
| ISBN 10 | 1032176636 |
| Title | The Legacy of M. N. Srinivas |
| Author | A M Shah |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Routledge India |
| Year published | 2021-09-30 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
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