The Dialogue of Differences: Indigenous Ideas and Western Sociology
The discussion around decoloniality and indigenous sociology gained popularity in the 1990s; however, from the beginning, sociology in India has emphasized the importance of indigenous concepts and viewpoints. This emphasis can be traced back to two contexts: firstly, the socio-political context, and secondly, the intellectual–ideological context. A sociology founded on the interplay between the freedom struggle and Western intellectual...