India Through Hindu Categories
Author | : McKim Marriott |
Publisher | : SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1990-04 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39076001034730 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Download or read book India Through Hindu Categories written by McKim Marriott and published by SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited. This book was released on 1990-04 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An AltaMira Press Book India Through Hindu Categories explores social science ideas which can be developed from the realities know to Indian people. These ideas are drawn from Hindu cultural categories, not merely because they offer coherent and comprehensive systems of thought, but especially because they illuminate variations which escape the notice of conventional social science. The contributors of this volume are bound by a common purpose: to explore the connections between cultural knowledge and life as it is lived.