Indian Society: Themes and Social Issues (3rd Edition)

DETAILS: 

• Author: Nadeem Hasnain , Aseem Hasnain
  
• Publisher: ‎ McGraw Hill
  
• Publication date: ‎ 31 January 2025
  
• Language: ‎ English
  
• Print length: ‎ 448 pages
  
• ISBN-10: ‎ 9364444795
  
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-9364444798
  
• Item Weight: ‎ 500 g

ABOUT THE BOOK

Indian Society: Themes and Social Issues (Third Edition), co-authored by the renowned anthropologist Prof. Nadeem Hasnain and sociologist Dr. Aseem Hasnain, is an authoritative and comprehensive sociological study of contemporary India. Published by McGraw Hill India, this landmark textbook is widely recognized as an essential master manual for civil services aspirants (specifically UPSC Civil Services Main Examination for General Studies Paper I and Sociology Optional), as well as postgraduate social science students. The core philosophy of this text centers on structural continuity amid transformative friction—demonstrating that India's contemporary social problems (such as communalism, regionalism, and gender inequality) cannot be viewed in isolation, but must be understood as the complex intersections of traditional structural institutions (caste, kinship, and religion) reacting to modern forces like globalization, secularization, and development-induced displacement.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Prof. Nadeem Hasnain is an elite Indian anthropologist, former Professor of Social Anthropology at Lucknow University, and a distinguished senior fellow at various national research institutes. Renowned for his seminal textbooks like Indian Anthropology and Tribal India, his collaborative work with Dr. Aseem Hasnain (a sociologist specializing in minority studies and sub-national politics) is highly valued for bringing field-based ethnographic clarity to the mainstream civil services curriculum.