Prisoners of faith: a view from within (Record no. 38371)

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Classification number IB 305.6971 SRI
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Personal name Srinivasan, Nirmala
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Title Prisoners of faith: a view from within
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. New Delhi
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Sage Publication
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1989
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Extent 219p.
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Summary, etc. Most multi-ethnic societies in the world are<br/>today experiencing a growth in assertions of<br/>ethnic identity. This is particularly true of<br/>developing societies where this process has<br/>spawned a series of tensions and conflicts.<br/>Yet, the concept of 'minority' remains little<br/>understood. Further, most conceptualisa-<br/>tions of what constitutes a 'minority are<br/>products of developed societies and do not<br/>really apply in countries such as India.<br/>It is this which inspired Dr Nirmala<br/>Srinivasan to study the lebenswelt of Mus-<br/>lims and Christians which in turn deter-<br/>mines their private-public identity orienta-<br/>tions as members of the two largest minority<br/>communities in India. She successfully<br/>argues the case for conceptualising ‘minor-<br/>ity' in terms of individual perceptions and<br/>awareness. Further, she critically evaluates<br/>the Eurocentric models of the term 'minor-<br/>ity' and presents a novel attempt to synthe-<br/>sise phenomenology and Marxism for the<br/>study of personal identity as social structure<br/>and process. Dr Srinivasan maintains that<br/>the conventional wisdom of orthodox social<br/>reflection has obviously become inadequate<br/>and postulates an alternate approach rele-<br/>'vant to the contemporary Indian context.<br/>In the process, the author explodes the<br/>myth that ‘minority' is a monolithic concept<br/>and demonstrates the multiple definitions<br/>underlying it. She argues, instead, that<br/>ethnicity is a sensitising concept which con-<br/>stitutes the social aspect of the self in the<br/>multiple realities of everyday situations. As<br/>such, Dr Srinivasan resurrects the indi-<br/>vidual to the level of theory.<br/>Cast in the tradition of the sociology of<br/>knowledge and rich with both empirical evi-<br/>dence and theoretical formulations, this<br/>book will appeal to both students and schol-<br/>ars of sociology and anthropology. Further,<br/>it will be of interest to scholars, adminis-<br/>trators, and policy-makers interested in<br/>understanding the processes at work in a<br/>multi-ethnic society such as India.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Lucknow ethnic relation
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