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Authors:Dipankar Gupta Abstract: Sociological Bulletin, Ahead of Print. The most startling feature of Modernization of Indian Tradition is that it was so ahead of its times when it appeared in 1973 that most of us missed its full import. In those years there was, in the main, a simplistic understanding of modernisation as its markers were primarily technological achievements and western lifestyles, even affectations. In this book, Professor Yogendra Singh broke away from such formulaic renditions and instead proposed a social and relational view of modernisation where the principal emphasis was on how people interacted with one another and not on prowess facility with superior technical facilities or exterior presentation. Today we can appreciate the relevance of this approach for the drawbacks of correlating modernisation with things has proved to be inadequate, when not misleading, as it gives a skewed appreciation of the subject. Consequently, Enlightenment too gets a fresh coating for it now largely centres around the conditions of knowledge generation, which includes interpersonal relationships, and not on finished products of science. A person may, therefore, be very knowledgeable yet may remain quite un-modern when interacting with others. Citation: Sociological Bulletin PubDate: 2023-03-15T03:10:43Z DOI: 10.1177/00380229231155003
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Authors:T. K. Oommen Abstract: Sociological Bulletin, Ahead of Print. Evolving a clear conception of Indian society is the primary task of Indian sociologists. This can be achieved by avoiding the conflation of polity and society. Several components of Indian society remain excluded or inadequately analysed. These are Adivasis, Dalits, Dravidians, religious minorities, women, etc. The differentiation between sociology and social/cultural anthropology, an extension of the Euro-American practice, inadequate internalisation of professional values by a section of Indian sociologists, the excessive academic significance attributed to a handful of sociologists, the persistence of the traditional guru–shishya relationships, reluctance on the part of some ‘eminent’ sociologists to accept professional responsibilities, reluctance to undertake analysis of new areas of research and employ new techniques of data collection, resistance to accept criticisms of the ‘nation,’ etc., are some of the major foibles which prevent sociology from flourishing in India. Citation: Sociological Bulletin PubDate: 2023-02-24T11:59:28Z DOI: 10.1177/00380229231153516
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Authors:Brijesh Chandra Tripathi Abstract: Sociological Bulletin, Ahead of Print. This article invites the reader to reflect on the practice and teaching of sociology through reflexivity in India in a new emerging space of liberal arts in private universities. These spaces can be considered as the fringe of sociology teaching. I argue that students in private universities grapple with a ‘crisis of relatedness’ regarding sociological discourse, and the debates they study leave them with different questions. I suggest that the understanding of social facts and issues is different and distant from those studying in public universities. The different lived experiences produce different sociological imaginations with the engagement of the same sociological texts. Teaching sociology in liberal arts spaces could mark the emergence of a generation of sociologists in India who have their training rooted in private universities. This new location of sociology students asks us to revisit the ongoing debate of skill-based sociology versus critical sociology that generates new questions for reflexivity and social location of both practitioner and student of sociology. Citation: Sociological Bulletin PubDate: 2023-02-24T11:59:09Z DOI: 10.1177/00380229221151082
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Authors:Rituparna Patgiri Abstract: Sociological Bulletin, Ahead of Print. Interrogating the familiar is seen as a benchmark of good sociological research. As teachers of Sociology, we have to teach courses that question and critique the familiar regularly. It is a mammoth task. The enormity of the job is further increased by the fact that the teacher is part of the same social institutions as the students. As such, how does a teacher deal with their own assumptions while teaching' How does one teach young students to question and challenge the familiar that all of us are a part of' How does one teach the self which is a part of the familiar' I try to address some of these questions in this piece drawing from my own teaching experience. It has been my experience that the challenges of teaching the familiar and the self are augmented by the online mode. With the boundaries between the home and the university getting blurred in the online mode, the difficulties in defamiliarizing are even stronger. This challenges the core itself of Sociology. Apart from limiting the interaction between students and the teacher, there is also less scope for peer-based learning in the online classroom. Thus, there is a need to re-think the nature of the online classroom and the teacher that can help Sociology in continuing to question the familiar. Citation: Sociological Bulletin PubDate: 2023-02-17T01:19:17Z DOI: 10.1177/00380229221151085
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Authors:Astha Mishra, Aparna Rayaprol Abstract: Sociological Bulletin, Ahead of Print. In this article, we critically examine honour as a daily cultural code which is pivotal in organising gender relations, and go beyond culture-centric and Eurocentric conceptions of honour. By looking at everyday honour practices of Jat and Muslim women, in Muzaffarnagar, western Uttar Pradesh, we argue against the dominant understanding of honour as a product of religious mannerism and a culturally specific trait. Rather by looking at two religiously different, but agriculturally intertwined communities, we argue that both the communities have an analogous underpinning of honour which is embedded in agrarian ecology. Through empirical evidence, we argue that honour is a regional ethos, embedded and organised around the resource of agrarian land. As anxieties around agriculture and the agrarian way of life are increasing because of agrarian transformation, we see a resurgence of honour in the region. We focus the analytical lens around honour as a negotiated process and argue that women of both communities, in the region are ‘doing’ honour to bargain with patriarchy and negotiate for their upward mobility. Citation: Sociological Bulletin PubDate: 2023-02-17T01:17:38Z DOI: 10.1177/00380229221151076
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Authors:Prashant K. Trivedi Abstract: Sociological Bulletin, Ahead of Print. The article interrogates the claim that capitalism would replace caste and liberate Dalits. People at the bottom rung of the caste hierarchy are exhorted to support neoliberal capitalism, a crusader against caste. This claim is based on the premise that capitalism abolishes all pre-existing social relations. Dealing with this argument at both empirical and theoretical levels, the article argues that this unilinear understanding of capital’s negotiation with other relationships is ahistorical. Capital does not necessarily abolish non-capitalist social relations but modifies and appropriates them for expansion. Relying on several studies from India, the article points out that interactions between capital and caste have been intriguing, with both entities being altered in the process. Citation: Sociological Bulletin PubDate: 2023-02-13T06:33:13Z DOI: 10.1177/00380229221151081
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Authors:Gurpreet Bal Abstract: Sociological Bulletin, Ahead of Print. B. K. Nagla, Sociology and Sociologists in India: Perspectives from the North-West. (Jaipur: Rawat Publications, 2022), 410 pp. ₹595, ISBN: 978-81-316-1236-1 (Paperback). Citation: Sociological Bulletin PubDate: 2023-02-08T01:25:27Z DOI: 10.1177/00380229221151059
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Authors:Farhat Naz Abstract: Sociological Bulletin, Ahead of Print. Maryam Wasif Khan, Who Is a Muslim' Orientalism and Literary Populisms (Hyderabad: Orient BlackSwan, 2021), 257 pp., ₹1025. ISBN: 978-9-3544-2046-7 (Hardback). Citation: Sociological Bulletin PubDate: 2023-02-05T10:34:47Z DOI: 10.1177/00380229221151063
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Authors:Viliebeinuo Medom Abstract: Sociological Bulletin, Ahead of Print. Kedilezo Kikhi & D. R. Gautam (Eds.), Comprehending Equity: Contextualising India’s North-East (New Delhi: Routledge, 2022), 221 pp., ₹995, ISBN: 978-1-032-23411-3 (Hardcover). Citation: Sociological Bulletin PubDate: 2023-02-05T10:34:28Z DOI: 10.1177/00380229221151060
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Authors:Rahul Govind Pages: 114 - 116 Abstract: Sociological Bulletin, Volume 72, Issue 1, Page 114-116, January 2023. Ravi K. Mishra and N. Shukla (Eds.), Selected Works of C. Rajagopalachari, Vol. VI, 1936-39. New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan, 2021. Citation: Sociological Bulletin PubDate: 2022-12-27T07:57:55Z DOI: 10.1177/00380229221132627 Issue No:Vol. 72, No. 1 (2022)
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Authors:Niloshree Bhattacharya Pages: 116 - 118 Abstract: Sociological Bulletin, Volume 72, Issue 1, Page 116-118, January 2023. ManiKumar K. A., Foreshadowing the Great Rebellion: The Vellore Revolt, 1806. Hyderabad: Orient BlackSwan, 2021, 243pp., ₹695 (paperback). ISBN: 978354421181. Citation: Sociological Bulletin PubDate: 2022-12-27T07:58:04Z DOI: 10.1177/00380229221132616 Issue No:Vol. 72, No. 1 (2022)
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Authors:Sheethal S. Kumar Pages: 118 - 120 Abstract: Sociological Bulletin, Volume 72, Issue 1, Page 118-120, January 2023. Mahuya Bandyopadhayay and Rimple Mehta (Eds.), Women Incarcerated: Narratives from India. Hyderabad: Orient BlackSwan, 2022, 356pp., ₹1210 (paperback). ISBN: 9789354421884. Citation: Sociological Bulletin PubDate: 2022-12-27T07:58:04Z DOI: 10.1177/00380229221132615 Issue No:Vol. 72, No. 1 (2022)
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Authors:R. Indira First page: 7 Abstract: Sociological Bulletin, Ahead of Print. Environment has entered sociological discourse, both at the micro and macro levels, as an issue that affects human wellbeing. Finding a meaningful solution to the struggle for restoring the environment, while at the same time restructuring the economy, is one of the serious challenges being faced by our times. Development policies that have ignored issues of environmental sustainability have actually destroyed livelihood bases of a large number of people who are poor and dependent upon natural resources with which they have developed a sense of affinity. This is where an understanding of the cultural beliefs and practices of people comes into the fore. In many popular debates on development, culture and development are presented as if they are diametrically opposed to each other because culture is perceived as something that blocks development. This idea needs to be contested. The cultural ethos of many groups promote practices that actually have simple and viable solutions to conserve the environment and prevent the kind of irreversible loss to human life and life sustaining resources that many development projects impose. A sensitive sociological analysis would also show how environmental catastrophes such as climate change, for example, caused by profit-centric development programmes, are actually affecting vulnerable groups more severely than the elite groups who, in reality, control a major share of the resources in all societies. Even the policies that are often totally insensitive to the kind of damage that they could do to the environment need to be re-visited and recast in a pro-people model. Citation: Sociological Bulletin PubDate: 2022-11-04T09:23:51Z DOI: 10.1177/00380229221136255
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Authors:Janaki Abraham First page: 18 Abstract: Sociological Bulletin, Ahead of Print. In this article, I argue that the study of Sree Narayana Guru’s praxis forces us to question the popular understanding of ‘sanskritisation’ as mere imitation or emulation of ‘upper-caste’ rituals and practices for the purpose of seeking caste mobility. Given that the practice of caste has fundamentally been about exclusivity and denial, sanskritisation needs to be seen as a process that involved appropriating what had been denied due to exclusive caste privileges and the working of caste power. Sree Narayana Guru’s movement then, indicates that sanskritisation should be seen as a political act, which sought to challenge caste rules of the time. Citation: Sociological Bulletin PubDate: 2022-12-04T12:23:01Z DOI: 10.1177/00380229221139527
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Authors:Richa Kumar First page: 38 Abstract: Sociological Bulletin, Ahead of Print. This article argues that the repeal of the farm laws and even meeting the demand of the protestors to reduce corporatisation of agriculture and enhance the role of the state through expansion of guaranteed procurement is unlikely to bring significant positive transformation for farmers or consumers. Indian agriculture was remade through an industrial logic by harnessing science and technology, not by corporations but by the might of the state in the 1960s during the Green Revolution. Beyond its well-known negative environmental and livelihood impacts, I show how this logic also transformed diets and damaged the health of people. Challenging the tropes of food security, modernisation, efficiency and quality that have been used to justify the perpetuation of this logic, I argue that only by tracing the relationships that have led to the present, can we begin to unravel them and reimagine a healthier and more sustainable agrarian future. Citation: Sociological Bulletin PubDate: 2022-09-25T02:31:19Z DOI: 10.1177/00380229221116933
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Authors:Rabindra K. Mohanty First page: 56 Abstract: Sociological Bulletin, Ahead of Print. There have been several contentions, characterisations and controversies over Max Weber’s treatment of history in his sociological writings both during his lifetime and after him as well. While some contest his contentions, others doubt the type of English translations made of his German writings. There is a need to take stock of and consolidate the sociologically relevant historical writings of Max Weber in proper perspective. The article raises the following two issues: (a) How can the claim be justified that Max Weber is one of the users of the comparative historical approach rather than one belonging to those using the evolutionary historical approach' (b) What are the specialities of his treatment of history in his methodology and substantive works' It is the specific intention of this article to consolidate the historical materials in the sociological writings of Weber so as to reconstruct his comparative historical approach as against positivist evolutionary history. Citation: Sociological Bulletin PubDate: 2022-11-17T04:20:27Z DOI: 10.1177/00380229221134614
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Authors:Sukhpal Singh First page: 73 Abstract: Sociological Bulletin, Ahead of Print. This article examines the rationale and experience of Farmer Producer Companies (FPCs) in the context of their promotion and public funding on a large scale. Simultaneously, corporate players have been provided a larger and free space under the APLM and CF&S Acts of 2017 and 2018, respectively. At the state level, the agricultural market reforms started with the model APMC Act of 2003, and the Producer Companies Act was passed in 2002. India is the second Asian country after Sri Lanka (where they mostly failed) to try this hybrid form of producer organisation. Based on empirical evidence from across states, the article assesses their (FPCs’) physical and financial performance and impact and examines their market interface to improve farmer incomes by creating a producer agency. It dwells on their experiences with corporate players/buyers and their own efforts to create alternative market mechanisms to connect small farmers effectively with modern mainstream or alternative markets. Citation: Sociological Bulletin PubDate: 2022-08-21T10:17:19Z DOI: 10.1177/00380229221116993
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Authors:Kaveri Haritas First page: 90 Abstract: Sociological Bulletin, Ahead of Print. Sociological literature on urban poor struggles has produced a rich and vibrant scholarship on the mobilisations of urban poor groups for state welfare and resources. These struggles for basic services and resources essential to survival have been studied as ‘everyday politics’, the ‘politics of life’ and more broadly as ‘the politics of the poor’ or ‘politics of the governed’. Recent ethnographic research has revealed how these engagements are lived and experienced as ‘political work’ and not just as struggles or mobilisations. This discussion piece examines ‘political work’ detailing why these engagements are ‘political’ and why poor women reclaim their engagements with the State as ‘work’. Reviewing the literature on urban poor politics, citizenship and everyday politics, this piece examines how ‘political work’ reveals new forms of gendered work that reinforce the social reproductive roles of women even as women enter the public realm. Citation: Sociological Bulletin PubDate: 2022-11-11T08:42:30Z DOI: 10.1177/00380229221132611
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Authors:Isabelle Guérin First page: 97 Abstract: Sociological Bulletin, Ahead of Print. This commentary aims to show how the concept of ‘political work’ suggested by Kaveri Haritas (Haritas, 2021, In search of home: Citizenship, law and the politics of the poor) applies to a wide range of contexts and goods and services supposedly provided by the State in India but also elsewhere. The objective is also to outline the contributions of the concept of political work to feminist studies from the perspective of social reproduction theory. Citation: Sociological Bulletin PubDate: 2022-11-05T06:08:14Z DOI: 10.1177/00380229221134622
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Authors:Kalpana Karunakaran First page: 104 Abstract: Sociological Bulletin, Ahead of Print. The article discusses an increasingly commonplace phenomenon whereby women take on the formidable challenge of holding state actors accountable for the survival and well-being of their working class and land-poor communities. Women provide the bottom-up pressure, be it through negotiations or agitational collective action, that pushes the state to fulfils its commitment to provide water, subsidised food, essential household commodities, public transport and sanitation facilities. This article argues that this labour is both skill-building and exhausting and points to its ‘irreducibly political’ nature. The article also discusses the parallels with the women members of self-help groups relentlessly conducting complex negotiations with multiple institutional actors in order to realise their policy entitlements of bank linkage and anti-poverty loans. While some forms of women’s action vis-à-vis state actors are collaborative in nature, others are more conflictual and confrontationist, depending on local contexts and conditions. Citation: Sociological Bulletin PubDate: 2022-11-04T09:24:50Z DOI: 10.1177/00380229221134616
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