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Mysore Narasimhachar Srinivas (16 November 1916 – 30 November 1999) [1] was an Indian sociologist and social anthropologist. [2] He is mostly known for his work on caste and caste systems, social stratification, Sanskritisation and Westernisation in southern India and the concept of 'dominant caste'.
With a vast corpus of writings, Prof M N Srinivas is rightfully one of the founders of contemporary sociology and social anthropology. He exchanged views with social scientists in India and constantly endeavoured to provide an enlightened and holistic perspective.
M.N. Srinivas. From 1949 to 2008, Oxford had a University Lecturer specializing in the anthropology of South Asia, within the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography (or Institute of Social Anthropology as it once was).
M. N. Srinivas, a sociologist who steered Indian scholarship away from the stolid notions of classical texts and into the real world of field work in villages and factories, died on Tuesday in...
Learn about the life and work of M. N. Srinivas, a world-renowned scholar who challenged the colonial assumptions about Indian society and caste. Explore his books, concepts and methodology on caste, social stratification, Sanskritisation and more.
26 de nov. de 2020 · This article centres around/brings to light the academic concerns that Srinivas grappled with the new avenues of thought and insights that developed consequently, and the extent of his rendition their relevance in framing/understanding contemporary society and culture in India.
30 de nov. de 2020 · M. N. Srinivas, the pioneering Sociologist of India, has contributed immensely to the development of the discipline of sociology and social anthropology through his teaching and research. He combined theory, method and field reality in his body of work.
