Talking Sociology

RAMIN JAHANBEGLOO is professor and vice dean and executive director, Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace Studies, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana. He did his PhD in philosophy from the Sorbonne University, France. He is the author of 'Talking India: Ashis Nandy in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo' (OUP 2006), 'India Revisited: Conversations on Contemporary India' (OUP 2007), 'India Analysed: Sudhir Kakar in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo' (OUP 2015), 'Talking Architecture: Raj Rewal in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo' (OUP 2009), 'Talking Politics: Bhikhu Parekh in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo' (OUP 2011), 'Talking Environment: Vandana Shiva in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo' (OUP 2013), 'Talking Philosophy: Richard Sorabji in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo' (OUP 2015) and 'Talking History: Romila Thapar in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo' (OUP 2017). In October 2009 Jahanbegloo was awarded the Peace Prize by the United Nations Association in Spainfor his extensive academic works in promoting dialogue between cultures and his advocacy for non-violence.DIPANKAR GUPTA has taught for nearly three decades in the Jawaharlal Nehru University. He was also Professor in the Delhi School of Economics between 1992-1994. He has worked on Social Stratification, Ethnicity, Modernity and Peasant Mobilization. In recent years, he has written extensively on social policy and has been a Member in a number of Boards such as the Reserve Bank of India, National Security Advisory Board, National Broadcasting Standards Association. He also led the Division on Business Ethics in KPMG, India between 1998-2006. He has held visiting assignments in several universities in India, Europe, USA and UK. Besides this book he has authored and edited 19 others. He was awarded 'Chevalier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres' by the French Government in 2010.

• Introduction: Dipankar Gupta-Making Sense of India and Modernity Part I: From Bihar to Delhi A Bengali HouseholdGrowing Up in an Apolitical FamilyNehruvian Times and the Partition EffectAn Agnostic IndianThe Art of Being a BengaliAn Unhappy School boy A Mumbai ManEntering Academics and the Delhi School of EconomicsAppreciating PhilosophyThe Joshi InfluenceThe JNU YearsPolitics at JNU Part II: Thinking Sociology The Shiv Sena in BombayThe Emergency YearsLearning Experiences in the WestBecoming a Regular Teacher Ethics and BusinessReading LevinasContributions to Indian SociologyThinking with the French CultureThe Impact of Levi-Strauss Part III: Citizenship and Democracy Revolution from AboveThe Bilbao ExperienceThe Comparative Mood and the Indian LaboratoryThe Role of the Citizen EliteGandhi and the WestGandhi and the Political Grammar of DemocracyExoticising GandhiThinking Nonviolence TodayGandhi, Nehru and the ConstitutionRam Mohan Roy and Saint SimonFraternity and EmpathyCitizenship and Indianess Part IV: Caste, Village, and Modernity How to Judge Rural IndiaAre We Moderns?Orientalism and CasteThe End of Caste?Caste and Elections in India Part V: Communalism and Ethnicity Sikh Identity PoliticsThe Sikh IdentityNation-States and Their EnemiesThe Sacralization of IndiaNationalism and GrievancesThe Role of Sociologists in Democracies Part VI: Modern Institutions and Cultural Spaces Space, Non-Space and SecularizationThe Sacred in Indian PoliticsReligion and the StateReason and Progress IndexAbout the Authors