Creative Social Research calls for a fundamental reconceptualization and transformation of contemporary research methods in the social sciences. Leading scholars from a variety of disciplines and geographies establish the ways in which both the traditions of non-Western societies and contemporary global developments can be incorporated into current social science discourse, greatly enriching it beyond most of the existing paradigms and approaches. Creative Social Research sheds new light on social theory and calls for a new articulation of the practice and ideal of understanding at the levels of self, culture, and society.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ananta Kumar Giri
Ananta Kumar Giri, is currently on the faculty of the Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai, India and has worked and taught in many universities in India and abroad including University of Kentucky, USA; Aalborg University, Denmark and Alber Ludwigs Universitat, Freiburg, Germany. He has an abiding interest in social theory and social movements Dr. Giri has written numerous books in Oriya and English. Among his previous books are: Global Transformations: Postmodernity and Beyond (1998); Sameekhya a Purodrusti (Criticism and the Vision of the Future, 1999), Building in the Margins of Shacks: The Vision and Projects of Habitat for Humanity (2002); and Reflections and Mobilizations: Dialogues with Movements and Voluntary Organizations (2004).
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