Radhakamal Mukerjee

Radhakamal Mukerjee
Native name
রাধাকমল মুখার্জী
Born7 December 1889
Berhampore, Murshidabad district, Bengal Presidency, British India
(now West Bengal, India)
Died24 August 1968(1968-08-24) (aged 78)

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. He was a 1962 recipient of the third highest Indian civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan.[1]

Early life and education

Mukerjee was the son of a barrister in Baharampur, West Bengal, a city located some 185 km north of Kolkata. He grew up in a household with a scholarly focus and a library devoted to history, literature, the law and Sanskrit texts. After attending Krishnanagar College, he gained an academic scholarship to Presidency College, under the University of Calcutta. He earned his PhD in 1920 from University of Calcutta.[2]

He earned his honours degrees in English and History.[3]

Academic career

He was Professor in the Department of Economics and Sociology at Lucknow University from 1921 to 1952.[2]

Mukerjee emphasized interdisciplinary disciplinary approach towards the understanding of life.[4] Mukerjee sought to break the barriers between physical sciences and sciences relating to persons aspects.[5] Mukerjee was a pioneer of Sociology in the 1900s.[5]

He authored The Institutional Theory of Economics.[6]

Mukherjees theory of society sought to explain the values of civilization.[7] In sense, Radhakamal was a pioneer of transdisciplinary approach in science.[4]

Mukerjee opened the discourse of the Ashtavakra Gita into English with his posthumous work published in 1971.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Saksena, R. N. (1968). "Obituary: Radha Kamal Mukerjee [1889-1968]". Sociological Bulletin. 17 (2): ii–iv. doi:10.1177/0038022919680201. ISSN 0038-0229.
  3. ^ "5.3 Radhakamal Mukerjee (1889–1968), 5.3.1 Biographical Sketch", in History and Development of Sociology in India II. Central Digital Repository, Indira Gandhi National Open University [dead link‍]
  4. ^ a b "Radhakamal Mukerjee : Biography and Contribution to Sociology". 11 April 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Radhakamal Mukerjee". Archived from the original on 18 September 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  6. ^ Hertzler, J. O. (1943). "Review of The Institutional Theory of Economics". American Sociological Review. 8 (1): 104–105. doi:10.2307/2085472. ISSN 0003-1224.
  7. ^ "Radhakamal Mukherjee, Radhakamal Mukherjee Sociology, Indian Thinkers, Sociology Guide".
  8. ^ Radhakamal Mukerjee (1971). The song of the self supreme (Aṣṭāvakragītā): the classical text of Ātmādvaita by Aṣṭāvakra. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. ISBN 81-208-1367-7, ISBN 978-81-208-1367-0. Source: [1] (accessed: Friday 19 March 2010)

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