Anti-Utopia Essential Writings of André Béteille

by Beteille, Andre; Gupta, Dipankar

• ISBN13: 9780195672299
• ISBN10: 0195672291
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-06
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The 18 selected essays from the work of India's most outstanding sociologist deal with relgion, caste, gender, as well as class and status.

Author Biography

Andre Beteille is Professor Emeritus of Sociology in the University of Delhi.

Table of Contents

The anti-utopian liberal : an introduction to the works of Andre Beteille	p. 1
Sociology and anthropology : their relationship in one person's career	p. 23
Sociology and common sense	p. 39
Religion as a subject for sociology	p. 53
Some observations on the comparative method	p. 71
Ideas and interests	p. 96
Tribe and peasantry	p. 115
Race, caste, and gender	p. 136
Caste in contemporary India	p. 159
Caste, class, and power	p. 185
The future of the backward classes : the competing demands of status and power	p. 207
Class and status	p. 232
The idea of natural inequality	p. 257
The two sources of inequality	p. 281
The reproduction of inequality	p. 302
Individualism and equality	p. 330
The conflict of norms and values	p. 365
Equality as a right and as a policy	p. 393
Distributive justice and institutional well-being	p. 414
Civil society and the good society	p. 437
My two grandmothers	p. 459
Interview with Andre Beteille	p. 472
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