Sociology

Indology Perspective by G S Ghurye

Indology of G S Ghurye

Indology literally means study of Indian society and culture. The Indological perspective claims to understand Indian Society through the concepts, theories and frameworks that are closely associated with Indian Civilization. Indologists make sense of India through lens of Indian culture.  It made a claim that Indian Society is unique in structure, function and dynamics and …

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Intra-State Migration in Rajasthan

Intra-State Migration in Rajasthan

According to the Census 2011 report on migration, Rajasthan’s 28% of the 6,85,00,000 population was found to be residing in a district different from their birthplace in Rajasthan. The report on migration states that the sole reason for the staggering 66% of the total intra-state migration was marriage. Reasons for Intra-State Migration: The report revealed …

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Louis Dumont on Caste

Sociology for RAS Mains GS Paper 1

Louis Dumont was primarily concerned with the ideology of the caste system. His understanding of caste lays emphasis on attributes of caste that is why; he is put in the category of those following the attributional approach to the caste system. For him, caste is a set of relationships of economic, political and kinship systems, …

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