write a noted India sociology m.n.srinivas
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Mysore Narasimhachar Srinivas (1916–1999)[1] was an Indian sociologist and social anthropologist.[2] He is mostly known for his work on caste and caste systems, Social stratification, Sanskritisation and Westernisation in southern India and the concept of 'Dominant Caste'.
Padma Bhushan
M. N. Srinivas
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Born
16 November 1916
Mysore, India
Died
30 November 1999 (aged 83)
Bangalore, India
Nationality
Indian
Spouse(s)
Rukmini Srinivas
Awards
Padma Bhushan (1977)
Academic background
Alma mater
University of Oxford, University of Mumbai
Academic work
Discipline
Sociology, Social Anthropology
Main interests
Indian Society, Caste system in India
Notable works
The Remembered Village, Indian Society through Personal Writings, Village, Caste, Gender and Method: Essays in Indian Social Anthropology
Notable ideas
Sanskritization, Inter and intra-caste solidarity
Biography Edit
Srinivas was born on 16 November 1916.[3]
Srinivas earned his doctorate in sociology from the University of Bombay (later renamed as University of Mumbai) and went on to the University of Oxford for further studies. Although, he had already written a book on family and marriage in Mysore and completed his PhD at University of Bombay before he went to the University of Oxford in the late 1940s for further education, his training there played a significant role in the development of his ideas. Srinivas taught in various institutions of repute like University of Delhi, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore and National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore.[4]
He died on 30 November 1999 at Bangalore.[3]
Explanation:
The scholars using the attributional approach stress the attributes of a caste. However each of them lays emphasis on one or other of these attributes and how they affect interaction. In the case of Srinivas' writing in the 1950s we find that he chooses to study the structure of relations arising between castes on the basis of these attributes. Thus he introduces a dynamic aspect of caste identity very forcefully. Before the concept of Sanskritization Srinivas put forth the concept of Brahminization where the lower caste adopted the practices of the Brahmins to improve their social status. During his study of north India Srinivas observed that the lower castes adopted the practices of the upper castes and not only Brahmins and so he called the concept as Sanskritization.
This aspect becomes clearer in Srinivas's work on positional mobility known as 'Sanskritization'. Sanskritization is a process whereby a caste attempts to raise its rank within the caste hierarchy by adopting the practice, the attributes of the caste or castes above them, in the rank order. This is to say the 'low' attributes are gradually dropped and the 'high' attributes of the castes above them are imitated. This involves adoption of vegetarianism, clean occupations and so on. Closely connected is the concept of dominant caste. The dominant caste in a village is conspicuous by its:
Sizeable numerical presence
Ownership of land
Political power
Access to western education
Jobs in administration
Place in local caste hierarchy