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ks to capture illustratively some of the ongoingintellectual and institutional practices in sociological teachingand research in the current context of globalization. It attemptsto both document and theorize the ongoing changes. The centralcontention here is that an earlier nationalist vision of educationthat informed much of social science practice in independent Indiais challenged from two very different sources: radical and localsocial movements on the one hand; and the imperatives of globalcapital on the other hand. It further argues that sociology inIndia needs to engage at once with its routine, everyday banalpractices and its unique theoretical possibilities which allow foran active involvement in broader questions about the role of socialsciences. The volume is divided into five parts: Sociology and Society: Different Takes Sociology in the Margins: The Local and the Banal Sociology in Professional Institutions: Global Brands and Disciplinary Marginality New Sites and Modes of Doing Sociology Tracking Concepts: Of Intellectual Journeys About The Author Maitrayee Chaudhuri teaches sociology at the Centrefor the Study of Social Systems, School of Social Sciences,Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has written andpublished widely in the areas of gender, culture, globalization andmedia. Her published works include Feminism inIndia, The Womens Movement in India: Reform andRevival and The Practice of Sociology.

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