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1921 to 1952
- He was Professor in the Department of Economics and Sociology at Lucknow University from 1921 to 1952.
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Radhakamal Mukerjee (7 December 1889–24 August 1968) was an Indian social scientist who was Professor of Economics and Sociology and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lucknow. Mukerjee played an important and constructive role in the Indian independence movement.
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- Indian Culture and Civilization
- Theory of Society
- Concept of Universal Civilization
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- Personality, Society and Values
- The Community of Communities
Radhakamal Mukerjee was born on 7th December in 1889 in a large Bengali Brahmin family at Berhampur (Murshidabad), a small country-town in Western Bengal. He spent the first sixteen years of his life in this town. His father was a lawyer and the leader of the bar. He was an accomplished scholar with a great interest in history. Mukerjee had his ear...
According to Ramkrishna Mukherjee (1979), since human institutions form an indivisible unity of the individual, society and values, any consideration of social facts without their value component is unreal; instead, there should be a fusion of ’empirical’ and ‘normative’ sociology, therefore, development of man is possible through commonality and...
Beginning with the structural-functional approach to ascertain the interdependence between the economic sphere and the entire socio-historical-cultural order of Indian society, the ‘transdisciplinary’ approach was to be used for a comprehensive appraisal of social reality in the Indian world context. Mukerjee also suggested for the use of comparati...
Mukerjee wrote around 53 books on several issues. The basic nature of his writings is the integration of the social sciences. He has been a path-finder in many fields. Many of his students and associates reflect this approach in their writings. His contribution lay in the important areas of: (1) developing interdisciplinary, rather, trans-disciplin...
Mukerjee (1964) writes extensively on Indian art and architecture, history and culture. He believes that Asiatic art aimed at collective developments. According to him, harmony is the basic value of life. He found this harmony amply illustrated in the Indian scheme of life of previous ages. Indian culture has viewed man as a responsible member of a...
Radhakamal Mukerjee emphasized interdisciplinary or trans disciplinary approach towards the understanding of human life. He sought to develop a general theory of society. To achieve this, first, he proposed to break the barriers between physical or natural sciences and sciences relating to man’s social and psychological aspects. Secondly, the comp...
Mukerjee’s general theory of society seeks to explain the values of a universal civilization. He used the term ‘civilization’ in an inclusive sense; culture is part of it. He proposes that human civilization should be studied at three interrelated levels. These are: 1. Biological evolution 2. Universalization 3. Spiritual dimension
Too much of specialization in a particular discipline may give only a one-sided or partial view of man’s existence and behaviour. In his Institutional Theory of Economics, Mukerjee has shown that Indian western economics and that mostly neglected the traditional caste network in indigenous business, handicrafts and banking. It viewed economic devel...
In his book Personality, Radhakamal views personality of individual as an agent, who takes decisions and makes choices, and seeks value-fulfillment. Man makes choices and acts in terms of values relating to (i) self, (ii) the other, and (iii) cosmos. Individual man is, of course, subjected to two kinds of influences. On the one hand, there are the...
In the Dimensions of Human Evolution: A Bio-Philosophical Interpretation, Mukerjee explored the creative, integrating and harmonizing principles of life, mind and society in evolution at successive dimensions, while in both The Philosophy of Personality and The Dimensions of Values: A Unified Theory, he has stressed the interpersonal nature of hum...
Apr 30, 2019 · Accused of being a terrorist by the British, he was arrested and all his Adult Schools were liquidated in 1915. After his release, he started teaching first in Calcutta University and later in Lucknow University for nearly 30 years.
Jan 1, 2012 · economics at Calcutta University, he joined Lucknow University in 1921 as the founder-Head of the Department of Economics and Sociology. 2 Like his many other compatriots, Mukerjee’s concerns ...
Mar 28, 2022 · In 1921, he helped create the Department of Economics and Sociology at the then-fledgling University of Lucknow in northern India. In addition to academic work, he became part of numerous committees and commissions addressing issues from family planning to forestry policy.
Lucknow ‘triumvirate’ – D.P.Mukerji and D.N. Majumdar – Radhakamal Mukerjee has rightly been credited with having played a foundational role in the shaping of social sciences in general ...
Oct 22, 2022 · In 1922, a professor at Lucknow University named Radhakamal Mukerjee published a book called Principles of Comparative Economics. Reading the book one hundred years later, I was struck by the attention it paid to the impact of the natural environment on the social and economic life of Indian villages.
