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André Beteille, is an Indian sociologist, writer and academician. He is known for his studies of the caste system in South India. He has served with educational institutions in India such as Delhi School of Economics, North Eastern Hill University (in Shillong), and Ashoka University.
Oct 2, 2017 · Andre Beteille is a renounced anthropologist ( the study of human behavior and cultures). He is one of the best sociologists we have with a liberal approach. His work emphasizes in the minds of the people regarding the castes and the classes, rich and the poor, conservatives and the modern people.
- Theoretical Perspective: Beteille’s critical contribution has been contextualizing local concepts and understandings, such as caste and class, hierarchy and equality, and in more universal and generalized theories of inequality, stratification and justice.
- Writings of Andre Beteille: Andre Beteille is one of India’s leading sociologists and writers. He is particularly known for his studies of the caste system in South India.
- Anti-Utopia: Essential Writings of Andre Beteille: In a career spanning over decades known for its robustness and versatility, Andre Beteille’s contribution and his influence on the way of sociology is researched, studied and taught in India has been immense.
- Civil Society: Beteille’s writings on civil society convey the clear impression that if India can realize citizenship substantially by pressing on with the potentialities within liberal democracy, then that alone would be worthy of many a revolution.
Andre Béteille is one of India's leading sociologists and writers. He is particularly well known for his studies of the caste system in South India.
Fifty years ago, in april 1961, André Béteille started his field work in a village that he called Sripuram in Thanjavur District, Tamilnadu. Brahmins formed the dominant caste in Sripuram, so that it was a ‘Brahmin village’ in anthropological shorthand.
Book reviews : ANDRE BETEILLE, The Idea of Natural Inequality and Other Essays, Delhi, Oxford University Press, 1983, 200 pp., Rs 75
André Beteille-on politics and social change in India. Robert Eric Frykenberg: Guntur District 1788-1848, Oxford University Press, 1965. Paul R. Brass: Factional Politics in an Indian State , University of California Press, 1965.
