Society in India

Concepts and Scope: Society in India Family and Kinship Relations Family Roles: Boy and Man Family Roles: Girl and Woman Family Cycle: Formation and Maintenance Family Cycle: Growth and Completion The Wider Ties of Kinship Relations among People of Different Jatis The Interdependence of Families and Jaties Criteria for the Ranking of Jatis The Social Relevance of Ritual Pollution and Purity Secular Criteria and the Attribution of Jati Rank Culture Variations and the Jati Order Relations Within Jati Village, Region , Civilization Village: Separate Hearths and Common Home The Village Internal Regulation The Wider Ties of Village The Village and Some Perennial Problems of Civilization Recurrent Change Through Social Mobility Jati Mobility Cultural Adaptation and Model for Mobility Mobility Tactics: Overcoming External Opposition Maintaining Internal Cohesion: Fission and Fusion Modern Means for Jati Improvement: Associations and Federation Recurrent Change through Religious and Tribal Movements