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• catalog abstract "The endeavour to internationalise the social sciences has a long history. Some have advanced this cause as a genuine effort to foster a dispassionate understanding of human society without 'national' frontiers; others have perceived it as a way of establishing the ideological hegemony of either capitalism or socialism. In the latter confrontational framework, social scientists of the so-called 'Third World' are dismissed as mere pawns who are incapable of shaking off the vice-like grip of intellectual colonialism. In this thought-provoking book, Professor Oommen challenges such facile formulations and demonstrates that Indian social science is not a mere captive of Western or Marxian theories and concepts. The essays in the first part present a response to five important Western/Marxian theories and concepts: the old concept of dichotomy and the new one of continuum; Weber's notion of charismatic leaders; political pluralism; voluntary associations; and the nature of students' movements in the context of revolution. In the second part, Professor Oommen reformulates some of the theories and concepts. Among the phenomena he evaluates are the nature of the political mobilization of the agrarian classes; the juxtaposition of movements and institutions; the theory of alienation; the relationship between Hinduism and economic development; and the concepts of state, nation and ethnie. Both the responses and reformulations are based on empirical evidence from Asia.".
• catalog contributor b9504292.
• catalog created "1995.".
• catalog date "1995".
• catalog date "1995.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
• catalog description "1. The Rural-Urban Continuum Re-examined in the Indian Context -- 2. Charisma, Social Structure and Social Change -- 3. Community Power Structure in Rural India -- 4. The Theory of Voluntary Associations in a Cross-Cultural Perspective -- 5. Student Power in India: A Sociological Analysis -- 6. Agrarian Classes and Political Mobilization -- 7. Political Alienation and Internal Threats to the Indian Polity -- 8. Movements and Institutions: Structural Opposition or Processual Linkages? -- 9. Erving Goffman and the Study of Everyday Protest -- 10. Religion and Development in Hindu Society -- 11. Western Vision and Eastern Survival: Towards a Futuristic Agenda -- 12. State, Nation and Ethnie: The Processual Linkages.".
• catalog description "In this thought-provoking book, Professor Oommen challenges such facile formulations and demonstrates that Indian social science is not a mere captive of Western or Marxian theories and concepts. The essays in the first part present a response to five important Western/Marxian theories and concepts: the old concept of dichotomy and the new one of continuum; Weber's notion of charismatic leaders; political pluralism; voluntary associations; and the nature of students' movements in the context of revolution. In the second part, Professor Oommen reformulates some of the theories and concepts. Among the phenomena he evaluates are the nature of the political mobilization of the agrarian classes; the juxtaposition of movements and institutions; the theory of alienation; the relationship between Hinduism and economic development; and the concepts of state, nation and ethnie. Both the responses and reformulations are based on empirical evidence from Asia.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [236]-245) and index.".
• catalog description "The endeavour to internationalise the social sciences has a long history. Some have advanced this cause as a genuine effort to foster a dispassionate understanding of human society without 'national' frontiers; others have perceived it as a way of establishing the ideological hegemony of either capitalism or socialism. In the latter confrontational framework, social scientists of the so-called 'Third World' are dismissed as mere pawns who are incapable of shaking off the vice-like grip of intellectual colonialism.".
• catalog extent "253 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Alien concepts and South Asian reality.".
• catalog identifier "0803992041 (U.S.)".
• catalog identifier "8170364329 (India-hb)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Alien concepts and South Asian reality.".
• catalog issued "1995".
• catalog issued "1995.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Pubications,".
• catalog relation "Alien concepts and South Asian reality.".
• catalog spatial "India.".
• catalog subject "301/.0954 20".
• catalog subject "HM51 .O59 1995".
• catalog subject "Sociology India.".
• catalog subject "Sociology Methodology.".
• catalog subject "Sociology Philosophy.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. The Rural-Urban Continuum Re-examined in the Indian Context -- 2. Charisma, Social Structure and Social Change -- 3. Community Power Structure in Rural India -- 4. The Theory of Voluntary Associations in a Cross-Cultural Perspective -- 5. Student Power in India: A Sociological Analysis -- 6. Agrarian Classes and Political Mobilization -- 7. Political Alienation and Internal Threats to the Indian Polity -- 8. Movements and Institutions: Structural Opposition or Processual Linkages? -- 9. Erving Goffman and the Study of Everyday Protest -- 10. Religion and Development in Hindu Society -- 11. Western Vision and Eastern Survival: Towards a Futuristic Agenda -- 12. State, Nation and Ethnie: The Processual Linkages.".
• catalog title "Alien concepts and South Asian reality : responses and reformulations / T.K. Oommen.".
• catalog type "text".