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Suheel Rasool Mir

Yogendra Singh: A Pioneer of Modern Indian Sociology

by Suheel Rasool Mir

Yogendra Singh (1932-2020) was one of the eminent sociologists of postcolonial India. Singh was a towering figure in intellectual and academic circles for having done pioneering work in Indian sociology on concepts such as social stratification, social change/continuity, Indian sociology, modernization, and cultural change. His writings cover an enormous diversity of themes and perspectives as he navigated from one topic to another...

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Ali Shariati, Forgotten Sociologist of Islam

by Suheel Rasool Mir

Ali Shariati (1933–1977) is widely regarded as the Voltaire of Iran’s 1979 Revolution. He was born into a religious family, received his doctorate in 1963 from the Sorbonne’s Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines, and died in England in 1977. In Paris, Shariati enthusiastically read western socio-political thought and philosophy and was highly influenced by Karl Marx, Jean-Paul Sartre, Georges Gurvitch, Frantz...

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