SOCIOLOGY IN INDIA: THE LEGACY OF AN UNCERTAIN TRANSPLANT (Tributes to the Maste

This volume is a compilation of sixteen research articles and exegetical essays by N. Jayaram. The six chapters in Part One deal with the legacy of sociology in India as an ‘uncertain transplant’ from Western Europe. They reflect on the origin and development of sociology over one hundred years, the challenges it faced and continues to face both as an academic discipline and as a profession. The ten chapters in Part Two are lectures delivered or essays written as tributes to the memory of some of the masters who have shaped the development of the discipline in the country. The introduction strings together the chapters by highlighting their theme and the context in which the text of the chapters was originally prepared, presented, and published.