indian sociologists

Who was the best known sociologist post independence era?

• M.N. Srinivas

• L.K. Ananthakrishna Iyer

• Sarat Chandra Roy

• G. S. Ghurye

• A R Desai

where did M.N. Srinivas earn two doctoral degrees from?

• one from Bombay University and one from Oxford

• one from Bombay University and one from Stanford

• one from Delhi University and one from Oxford

• one from Delhi University and one from Harvard

The _______ as a site of research offered many advantages to Indian sociology

__________ offered a Marxist analysis of Indian nationalism where he gave prominence to economic processes and divisions of the specific conditions of British colonialism

• Srinivas

• Desai

• Mukherjee

• Ghurye

was another ‘accidental anthropologist’ and pioneer of the discipline in India

• Ghurye

• M.N Srinivas

• Sarat Chandra Roy

• Mukherjee

________ was probably the first self-taught anthropologist to receive national and international recognition as a scholar and an academician.

• Ananthakrishna Iyer

• M.N Srinivas

• D.P Mukherjee

• A.R Desai

Who founded the journal Man in India in 1922, the earliest journal of its kind in India that is still published.

• Sarat Chandra Roy

• A.R Desai

• M.N Srinivas

• D.P Mukherjee

Best known, perhaps, for his writings on caste and race, I also wrote on a broad range of other themes including tribes; kinship, family and culture, civilisation and the historic role of cities; religion; and the sociology of conflict and integration

Who am I ?

• Desai

• Mukherjee

• Srinivas

• Ghurye

What was Ghurye take on caste?

• caste is an institution based on segmental division

  Caste society is based on hierarchical division

• The institution of caste necessarily involves restrictions on social interaction

  Caste also involves differential rights and duties for different castes

• Caste is interchangeable

  caste give privileges and liberty

• Caste restricts the choice of occupation

  Caste involves strict restrictions on marriage

• The institution of caste depends on your class

  Caste is a free will of choice

who used the Marxist approach, he provided a detailed critique of the notion of welfare state and pointed out many of its shortcomings.

• Ghurye

• Desai

• Srinivas

• Louis Dumont