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1、Thetitleofthisartfullywrittenbookisasubtleplayonwords—itisaboutboththesociologyoftraditionsandthetraditionsofsociol-ogy.TheauthorisoneofIndia’spremiersociologists,andtoreadhisinterpretationsistoseeamasteratwork.MadanexploressignificantfeaturesofthesocialbodyofHinduism,Islam
2、,andSikhism,andalsoofGandhianidealsandIndiansecularism.Hediscussesvariousapproachestotheirstudy,andmakesusreconsiderwhatisdistinc-tiveaboutIndia’sunderstandingoftherelationshipbetweenreligioustraditionsandthesecularstate.Thesecondhalfofthebookisdevotedtofourscholarswhohaveg
3、reatlyinfluencedthefieldofIndiansociology.Madanskilfullypres-entstheperspectivesofRadhakamalMukerjeewhostroveforinter-disciplinaryintegration;D.P.Mukerji,whoappliedinterestsofclassformationtoIndia’sreligiouscommunities;M.N.Srinivas,whogaveusasophisticatedunderstandingofther
4、oleofreligionandcasteinchangingsociety;andLouisDumont,whounearthedthereligiousassumptionsunderlyingIndia’senduringsocialstructure.Madanendswithreflectionsonthedevelopmentofthemostim-portantjournal,ContributionstoIndianSociology,andonhisownintellectualautobiographyasacultura
5、lanthropologistandsocio-logist.SociologicalTraditionsmaywellbecomethemostinfluentialofMadan’smanyexcellentbooks.MarkJuergensmeyerProfessorofSociologyUniversityofCaliforniaSantaBarbaraThismarvellousbookisT.N.Madan’sjourneythroughthesociologyofIndiansociology.Asresearcher,tea
6、cher,andfounder-editorofthesecondseriesofIndia’spremierjournalofsociology,ContributionstoIndianSociology,Madanhasredrawnthecontemporarylandscapeofthediscipline.Itisonlyappropriatethatheshouldnowlookbackonitwithintimacyandprofessionaldetachment.Andhedoessowithunfailingsensit
7、ivitytothewaysinwhichculturesofknowledgeandindividualbiographiesintersect.ThefirsthalfofthebookcanbereadasacomparativeperspectiveonsomeofthemajorconcernsofIndiansociology.TheemphasisisonhowthelargerissuesofsocialchangeandmodernizationinIndiahavebeenrefractedthrough,andepito
8、mizedby,thechangingper-spectivesonthestudyofreligion.Thesecondhalfexplores,through
