Gupta, Dipankar

Anti-Utopia Essential Writings of Andre Beteille - Oxford Oxford University Press 2011 - 494p

includes index and biblioraphy

Studying society : Academic Judgement and Common Sense Sociology and anthropology .......2 Sociology and common sense ........39 Religion as a Subject for sociology .......53 2. Methods and concepts : Operationalizing the field Some observations on the comparative method ......71 Ideas and interests ...96 Tribe and Peasantry .....115 Race, caste , and gender .......136 3. Social Stratification in India : The dynamics of Class, Status, and political mobilization Caste in Contemporary India ......159 Caste, Class, and Power .........185 The Future of the Backward Classes: The competing demands of Status and power ......232 4. Equality and Individualism : The tension between fact and Value............257

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