M.N. Srinivas: The Field-View and Village Studies
Explore the influential contributions of M.N. Srinivas, who championed intensive fieldwork and gave us key concepts like 'dominant caste', 'Sanskritisation', and 'Westernisation' to understand social change.
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Explore the influential contributions of M.N. Srinivas, who championed intensive fieldwork and gave us key concepts like 'dominant caste', 'Sanskritisation', and 'Westernisation' to understand social change.
Key Questions
- Explain the concept of 'dominant caste' and its significance in village politics.
- Compare the processes of Sanskritisation and Westernisation as avenues of social mobility.
- Analyse the importance of Srinivas's emphasis on the 'field-view' over the 'book-view' in Indian sociology.
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