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Write short note on The book – view and the field – view in Indian sociology with a sociological perspective in note more than 150 words.

  • UPSC 2011
  • Perspectives on the Study of Indian Society

Indian sociology grew out of two rival sources of evidence. The book-view reads society off its classical texts; the field-view reads it off observed behaviour in a located community. M. N. Srinivas sharpened the contrast, and it settled what Indian sociology was able to see.

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  • The book-view
  • The field-view
  • Complementary, not rival
  • Conclusion

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