MODERNITY, GLOBALIZATION, AND SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

Book Details

• Author: Kameshwar Choudhary | B.K. Nagla (eds)

• Publisher: Rawat Publications

• Language: English

• Binding: Hardcover

• Number of Pages: 306

• Release Date: 13-04-2024

• ISBN: 9788131613641

About the Book

This insightful volume provides a crisp and conceptual understanding of modernity, globalization, and social stratification. In its opening sections, the book delves into the essence of modernity and theories of modernism and post-modernism. Building on these concepts, the book then explores sociological perspectives on pressing global issues, including climate change, the Indian diaspora, and the Sansis tribal community, while also touching on the impact of COVID-19, science, technology, and society.

The book emphasizes that India’s experience of modernity does not conform to the universalist assumptions of Western thought, revealing a significant gap between the internal and external forces shaping modernity and globalization within the country. As a result, India is portrayed as one of the many versions of modernity in the world. With the global challenges brought on by capitalist globalization, the text urges a radical shift from the existing LPG (Liberalization, Privatization, and Globalization) paradigm to mitigate risks and promote a just, sustainable future for all.

This volume is an indispensable resource for graduate and postgraduate students, researchers, and scholars in sociology, social anthropology, development studies, as well as policy analysts, policymakers, and activists keen to understand the complexities of modernity and its intersection with contemporary global issues.