Sociology: Study of the Social Sphere, 2/e, 2nd Edition

Preface to the Second Edition

I am indeed overwhelmed by the stupendous response to the first edition of this book, necessitating its second edition so soon. In this edition, I have not done any major changes, only redone some paragraphs to make them more intelligible. Meanwhile, its Hindi version has also come out to meet the demand of growing number of students and teachers using Hindi as medium of instruction. I have never been an advocate of a separate Indian Sociology—a theme that was discussed in the 1960s—nor did I encourage superficial distinction between sociology and social anthropology.

The focus of the book has been on pedagogy and research. Unfortunately, most of the textbooks are copies of other established texts or are like lecture ...