Discuss the contribution of d p mukherjee to indian sociology
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Dhurjati Prasad Mukerji (1894-1961), popularly called as DP, was one of the founding fathers of sociology in India. He was born on 5 October 1894 in West Bengal in a middle class Bengali family that had a fairly long tradition of intellectual pursuits.
DP began his career at Bangabasi College, Calcutta. In 1992 he joined the newly founded Lucknow University as a lecturer in economics and sociology. He stayed there for a fairly long period of thirty-two years. Radhakamal Mukerji, the first professor in the department, had been responsible for bringing DP to Lucknow. He retired as Professor and Head of the Department in 1954. For one year (1953) he served as a Visiting Professor of Sociology at the International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague. After his retirement from the University of Lucknow, he was invited to the Chair of Economics at the University of Aligarh, which he occupied with great distinction during his last five years of active academic life. He was the first President of the Indian Sociological Conference. He also remained the Vice-President of the International Sociological Association
He was perhaps the most popular of the pioneers in Indian sociology.
DP Mukerji contributed the perspective of Marxian sociology in India. He was tolerant of western ideas, concepts and analytical categories. He viewed that there is a need for an indigenous sociology and social anthropology, but he certainly did not want to insulate these disciplines in India from the western social traditions. He was one of the very few social scientists in the academic world who recognized the importance of Marxism to analyse socio-economic forces operating in human society.
Here, I would like to highlight DP’s contribution :
1. Personality
2. Modern Indian Culture
3. Making of Indian History
4. Nature and Method of Sociology
5. Role of New Middle Classes
6. Modernization
7. Music
8. Traditions
D.P. Mukerji was a versatile scholar. He wrote nineteen books, including Diversities (1958); ten in Bengali and nine in English. His early publications include; Basic Concepts in Sociology (1932) and Personality and the Social Sciences (1924). Some of the other publications are: Modern Indian Culture (1942, revised enlarged edition in 1948), Problems of Indian Youth (1942), and Views and Counterviews (1946). Modern Indian Culture (1942) and Diversities (1958) are known as his best works. His veracities can be seen from his other contributions such as Tagore: A Study (1943), On Indian History: A Study in Method (1943), and Introduction to Music (1945). Apart from these, he also enjoys a unique place in Bengali literature as a novelist, essayist and literary critic.
As a Scholar :
DP began his career at Bangabasi College, Calcutta. In 1992 he joined the newly founded Lucknow University as a lecturer in economics and sociology. He stayed there for a fairly long period of thirty-two years. Radhakamal Mukerji, the first professor in the department, had been responsible for bringing DP to Lucknow. He retired as Professor and Head of the Department in 1954. For one year (1953) he served as a Visiting Professor of Sociology at the International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague. After his retirement from the University of Lucknow, he was invited to the Chair of Economics at the University of Aligarh, which he occupied with great distinction during his last five years of active academic life. He was the first President of the Indian Sociological Conference. He also remained the Vice-President of the International Sociological Association
He was perhaps the most popular of the pioneers in Indian sociology.
DP Mukerji contributed the perspective of Marxian sociology in India. He was tolerant of western ideas, concepts and analytical categories. He viewed that there is a need for an indigenous sociology and social anthropology, but he certainly did not want to insulate these disciplines in India from the western social traditions. He was one of the very few social scientists in the academic world who recognized the importance of Marxism to analyse socio-economic forces operating in human society.
Here, I would like to highlight DP’s contribution :
1. Personality
2. Modern Indian Culture
3. Making of Indian History
4. Nature and Method of Sociology
5. Role of New Middle Classes
6. Modernization
7. Music
8. Traditions
D.P. Mukerji was a versatile scholar. He wrote nineteen books, including Diversities (1958); ten in Bengali and nine in English. His early publications include; Basic Concepts in Sociology (1932) and Personality and the Social Sciences (1924). Some of the other publications are: Modern Indian Culture (1942, revised enlarged edition in 1948), Problems of Indian Youth (1942), and Views and Counterviews (1946). Modern Indian Culture (1942) and Diversities (1958) are known as his best works. His veracities can be seen from his other contributions such as Tagore: A Study (1943), On Indian History: A Study in Method (1943), and Introduction to Music (1945). Apart from these, he also enjoys a unique place in Bengali literature as a novelist, essayist and literary critic.
As a Scholar :
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D.P.Mukherjee is remembered as India's father of sociology who was born in "Brahmin family" of Bengal. His most distinguished augmentation to the advancement of sociology in India is as follows:
Foundation of the Marxian method in India community.
He established the basic ideas of sociology.
He also operated on the philosophy of character and society.
His effort helped the Lucknow University to accomplish Worldwide level standards.
He also played a significant role in the foundation of European Culture in Indian society.
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