Social Scientist in South Asia

Personal Narratives, Social Forces and Negotiations

Rashi Bhargava editor Gopi Devdutt Tripathy editor Achla Pritam Tandon editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:20th Oct '20

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This book is a collection of autobiographical narratives by leading social scientists working across South Asia. It explores the linkages between their personal experiences and academic pursuits and analyzes how personal, political, and professional choices shape knowledge production and affect social transformation.

The narratives revisit long-standing debates on objectivity, subjectivity, self, and other and attempt to collapse the binaries that have informed the social sciences until now. Highlighting the state of research and pedagogy in the social sciences in the region, the book questions the conventional understanding of the task of the social scientist and, in doing so, blurs the distinction between theory, research, pedagogy, and activism.

A unique and compelling contribution, this volume will be indispensable to students and researchers of sociology, anthropology, history, creative writing, education, politics, biography studies, and South Asian studies. It will also be of interest to general readers.

ISBN: 9781138369771

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

258 pages