Prelims · 6 Indian Society · 6.3 Indian sociology and thinkers

6.3.1 Indian sociology: Bombay and Lucknow schools, book view and field view, and G.S. Ghurye

Indian sociology grew in two early centres, Bombay (Ghurye's text-and-history approach) and Lucknow (a broad, value-oriented social science), and later debated whether India should be known through its classical texts ("book view") or through fieldwork ("field view").

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  • Standard level
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Key terms

  • Bombay school
  • Lucknow school
  • Patrick Geddes
  • G.S. Ghurye
  • Indological approach
  • Caste and Race in India
  • backward Hindus
  • Indian Sociological Society
  • Sociological Bulletin
  • Radhakamal Mukerjee
  • D.P. Mukerji
  • D.N. Majumdar
  • book view
  • field view
  • Irawati Karve
  • A.R. Desai

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  5. Common trapsFoundation
  6. Quick revisionFoundation

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