Dados é uma das principais e mais longevas publicações nas ciências sociais no Brasil. Criada em 1966, divulga trabalhos inéditos e inovadores, oriundos de pesquisa acadêmica, de autores brasileiros e estrangeiros. Editada pelo IESP-UERJ, é seu objetivo conciliar o rigor científico e a excelência acadêmica com ênfase no debate público a partir da análise de questões substantivas da sociedade e da política.
Dados vol. 30 n. 1 Rio de Janeiro 1987
Resumo
This article views the work of Louis Dumont as it is received by Indian anthropologists and sociologists, natives and citizens of the society which Dumont chose as his object of study. It examines the dialogue which Louis Dumont and M. N. Srinivas carried on for more than twenty years regarding the basic sociological unit for studying India: castes for Dumont, and villages for Srinivas. For a better understanding of the debate, the reader is asked to observe, in the intellectual projects of each author, the ideological totality that each one sought to construct: Dumont's notion of "civilization", and Srinivas idea of "nation". Throughout the article, attention is called to the theoretical implications of the fact that Dumont's work is one voice in an intellectual dialogue among French, English and Indian thinkers. In reviving the Indian voices, the appropriation of the work of a given author is contrasted in diverse contexts: here, Dumont in India and in Brazil.
A Índia das Aldeias e a Índia das Castas: Reflexões sobre Um Debate
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