Shyama Charan Dube
Shyama Charan Dube | |
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Born | Nagpur University | 25 July 1922
Scientific career | |
Fields | Anthropology, Sociology |
Institutions | Hislop College, University of Lucknow |
Shyama Charan Dube (S.C.Dube) (25 July 1922 – 4 February 1996) was an Indian
sociologist, and former president of the Indian Sociological Society from 1975 to 1976.[1]
Education and career
Born in
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From 1972-1977, Dube served as Director of the
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Contribution
Dube was known for his research of Indian villages and tribal societies.
He was a firm believer in understanding and focusing on the larger ideas in anthropology rather than the menial words or concepts that make up those ideas.[3] He also emphasized the malleability of anthropological concepts and their ability to change over time.[3]
Books
- 1955 Indian Village
- 1958 India's Changing Villages
- 1974 Contemporary India and its Modernization
- 1988 Modernization and Development: The Search for Alternative Paradigms
- 1998 Antiquity to Modernity in Tribal India
- 1992 Understanding Change: Anthropological and Sociological Perspectives
- 1979 Public Services and Social Responsibility
- 1947 Field Songs of Chhattisgarh
- 1990 Tradition and Development
- 1983 On Crisis and Commitment in Social Sciences
- 1951 The Kamar
- 1983 Secularization in Multi-Religious Societies
- 1983 Development Perspective for the 1980s