Full Description
This comprehensive analysis of Indian society brings together the results of modern social research to trace the patterns that underlie social relations throughout India. Society in India views social relations in the country as systems and subsystems and shows that contrary to belief this is not static or stagnant, but has been continually adapting to changing circumstances mainly on the basis of certain deep-rooted psychological and social themes.
This edition combines two volumes. Volume One: Continuity and Change deals with the concepts of social system and caste order and then defines the major components of Indian society. The constituent chapters note the cultural effects of kinship networks and the psychological effects of the tensions inherent in family relations. Volume Two: Change and Continuity deals mainly with social change and its major types, recurrent and systematic. It examines and summarizes the discussion of psychological forces and social processes in our society and appraises the trends of modern social change.
Key Feature
• This analysis of Indian society is the most comprehensive study that has been done in recent times.
• It brings together the results of modern social research to reveal the regular patterns that underlie social relations throughout the country
• It outlines some of the principal social and regional variations.
• This book discusses the psychological forces and social processes in Indian society and appraise the trends of modern social change.
Note: Now this ISBN-9788171540136 has a new identity.
Contents
PREFACE
Volume One: Continuity and Change
INTRODUCTION
Task, Concepts, and Scope
The Basic Groups and Groupings Jati
FAMILY AND KINSHIP RELATIONS
Family
Family Roles: Boy and Man
Family Roles: Girl and Woman
Family Cycle: Formation and Maintenance
Family Cycle: Growth and Completion
The Wider Ties of Kinship
RELATIONS AMONG PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT JATIS
The Interdependence of Families and Jatis
Criteria for the Ranking of Jatis
The Social Relevance of Ritual Pollution and Purity
Secular Criteria and the Attribution of Jati Rank
Cultural Variations and the Jati Order
RELATIONS WITHIN THE JATI
Alliances and Sections within the Jati
Opposition and Cohesion within the Jati-group
Maintaining the Jati: Leaders and Panchayats
The Uses of Panchayats
Jati Enterprises and Functions
Volume Two: Change and Continuity
VILLAGE, REGION, CIVILIZATION
Village: Separate Hearths and Common Home
The Village: Internal Regulation
The Wider Ties of Village: Centers and Regions
The Villager and Some Perennial Problems of Civilization
RECURRENT CHANGE THROUGH SOCIAL MOBILITY
Jati Mobility
Cultural Adaptations and Models for Mobility
Mobility Tactics: Overcoming External Opposition
Maintaining Internal Cohesion: Fission and Fusion
Modern Means for Jati Improvement: Associations and Federations
RECURRENT CHANGE THROUGH RELIGIOUS AND TRIBAL MOVEMENTS
Social Regrouping through Indigenous Religions
Social Aspects of Introduced Religions: Muslims
Social Aspects of Introduced Religions: Jews, Parsis, Christians
The Accretion of Tribal Peoples
Direction of Tribal Change
CONTINUITIES AND TRENDS
Psychological Forces, Social Processes, and Systemic Shift
Trends
APPENDIX: THE CONCEPTS OF SYSTEM AND OF STRATIFICATION
Uses of the concepts
What kind of system is a "caste system"?
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
