Invitation to Social and Cultural Anthropology 1st Edition by Dash ISBN 978-8126903238 8126903236

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ISBN 10:  8126903236

ISBN 13:  978-8126903238

Author: K. N. Dash

Invitation to social and cultural anthropology is highly useful book for the students at degree Level of different universities and Civil Service examinees. Keeping in view the requirements of students of both the categories, the book includes some special topics like fieldwork, tribal situation in India, and problems of tribals and tribal welfare in India besides the traditional topics of social and cultural anthropology. This would provide the readers with a helpful frame of reference. All possible attempts have been made to cite the examples from vast materials of Indian ethnographic data to help the students to develop a clear perception on the Indian anthropology. The uniqueness of the book lies not only in the incorporation of the data, both of Indian as well as those of the other societies of the rest of the world on a comparative basis, but also in the application of social and cultural anthropology for the welfare of the tribal societies in India which may cater to the requirements of administrators and policy makers in solving the problems of tribals in India. The book would effectively help the target groups to understand the science of social and cultural anthropology in a broader perspective as Very few books are available on this topic in the Indian context.

Table of contents: 

1. Introduction

Definition and Perspective of Anthropology; Divisions of Anthropology; Scope of Social and Cultural Anthropology; The Physical Anthropology; Pre-historic Archaeology; Applied Anthropology; Development of Social and Cultural Anthropology; Relation of Social Anthropology to Social Sciences.

2. Man, Culture and Society

Nature of Culture; Material and Non-material Culture; Elements of Culture; The Components of Culture; Cultural Relativity; Personality and Culture; Process of Cultural Growth; Cultural Lag; Language and Culture; Cultural Evolution; Multilineal Evolution; Cultural Diffusion; Structuralism and Functionalism; Symbolism and Culture; Social Customs, Norm, Values and Culture; Functions of Culture; The Relation of Society to Culture, Culture and Civilisation.

3. Marriage

Mating; Meaning of Marriage; Development of Marriage as a Social Institution; Incest Taboo; Preferential and Prescribed Marriages; Hypergamy and Hypogamy; The Levirate; The Sororate; Widow/widower Marriage; Form of Marriage; Polyandry; Group Marriage; Marriage among Hindus; Ways of Acquiring Mates in Tribal Societies or Modes of Marriage among the Tribals; Divorce and the Dissolution of Marriage; Functions of Marriage.

4. The Family

Definition and Scope; Different forms of Family; Features of the Family; The Origin and Evolution of the Family; Universality of the Family; Functions of Family; The Changing Pattern of Family.

5. Kinship System

Meaning and Scope; Degree of Kinship; Principles of Classifying Kin; Types of Kinship Terminology; Significance of Kinship; Kinship Usages.

6. Descent

Definition and Scope; Bilateral Descent; Kindred; Unilineal Descent; The Lineage; Clan; Phratry; The Moity.

7. Association and Youth Dormitory

Meaning and Scope; Sodality; Secret Societies; Associations based on Age; Associations based on Sex; Dormitories in India; Functions of the Dormitory.

8. Economic Anthropology

Definition and Scope; Characteristics of Primitive Economy; Production; The Organisation of Labour; The Division of Labour; Distribution: Systems of Exchange; Reciprocity.

9. Political Anthropology

Definition and Scope; Nature of Political Organisation; Age Organisation as a basis of Political Authority; Principles of Organisation; Types of Political System; Stateless System; State System; Social Stratification; Centralized Government; Monopoly of Force; Councils; Other Institutions Associated; Politics and Government; Politics and Law; Politics and Political Organization; Nation Building process in a State.

10. Legal Anthropology

Meaning of Law, Relation between Custom and Law; Crime and Tort; Nature of Primitive Law, Basic Features of Law; The Function of Law; Case Law and Settlement of Disputes; Evidence; Why is Law Obeyed?

11. Anthropology of Religion

Meaning and Scope; Theories of Origin of Religion; Sacred and Profane; Functions of Religion; Magic; Homoeopathic Magic; Contagious Magic; Religion, Magic and Science; Forms of Magic; Religious Specialists; Taboo.

12. Social Stratification

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Meaning and Scope; Theories of Social Stratification; Status and Rank; Social Class; Caste; Caste in India; Origin of Caste System in India; Characteristic Features of Caste System in India; Dominant Caste; The Jajmani System; Caste Incompetence; Caste and Class Distinction; Social Mobility; Changing Pattern of Caste System in India; Ethnic Stratification; Stratification on the Basis of Gender

13. Property and Its Inheritance

Meaning and Scope; Property Rights on Consumables; Land as Property; Incorporeal Property; Inheritance of Property.

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14. Tribal Situation in India

Demographic Features; Geographical Distribution of Tribals; Linguistic Classification; Racial Affinities; Economic Organisation; Tribal Integration; Education Level; Cultural Type; Classification Based on Religious Practices.

15. Problems of Tribals and Tribal Welfare in India

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Tribal Development Policy in India; Indebtedness; Land Alienation; Bonded Labour; Shifting Cultivation; Tribals and Health; Tribals and Forest Development; Educational Problem of Tribals; Tribals and Industrialization; Tribals and Ethnic Identity, Tribals and Migration; Displacement and Tribals; Tribals and Socio-Political Movements in India; Constitutional Safeguards for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

16. Field Work

Meaning and Importance of Fieldwork; Fieldwork Tradition in Anthropology; Approaches in Anthropological Fieldwork; Field Methods in Social and Cultural Anthropology

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