Teaching/Learning Sociology: A Critical Engagement with Modernity

This paper seeks to intervene in the debate on the culture of learning, particularly the way sociology is being taught in our colleges and universities. Its primary objective is to examine how sociology as a body of knowledge responds to the complex trajectory of modernity, or how an alternative for...

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Published in:Sociological bulletin 2004-01, Vol.53 (1), p.31-48
Main Author: Pathak, Avijit
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic discipline
Colonialism
Cross cultural studies
Education
Globalization
History and organization of sociology
History, theory and methodology
India
Indian culture
Learning
Marxist sociology
Modern literature
Modernist art
Modernity
Organization of profession, research and teaching. Deontology. Sociology of sociology. Epistemology
Radicalism
Religion
Sociology
Sociology Education
Sociology of religion
Teaching
Teaching of sociology
Universities
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Summary:This paper seeks to intervene in the debate on the culture of learning, particularly the way sociology is being taught in our colleges and universities. Its primary objective is to examine how sociology as a body of knowledge responds to the complex trajectory of modernity, or how an alternative form of teaching/learning, which is rooted in our cultural experiences, can critique the discontents of modernity and strive for emancipatory consciousness.
ISSN:0038-0229
2457-0257
DOI:10.1177/0038022920040102