Typed proceeding with some autograph corrections signed 'Radhakamal Mukerjee': Sociology in a new key: An outline of symbolic sociology.

Original typed paper by Mukerjee with some autograph corrections in text andsignature. 4to. (30 x 24 cm). In English. [21] p. Type paper with autograph corrections and signature. Signed 'Radhakamal Mukerjee'. Paper for the International Congress of Sociology, Istanbul Session. Watermarked 'Glorious Bond' paper made in Sweden. Mukerjee, a leading thinker and social scientist of modern India, 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 highly original philosopher of history and a discerning interpreter of culture and civilization and a 1962 recipient of the third highest Indian civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan. 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 honours degrees in English and History. Mukerjee opened the discourse of the Ashtavakra Gita into English with his posthumous work published in 1971. Mukherjees theory of society sought to explain the values of civilization. In sense, Radhakamal was a pioneer of transdisciplinary approach in science. Radhakamal Mukerjee emphasized interdisciplinary disciplinary approach towards the understanding of life. Mukerjee sought to break the barriers between physical sciences and sciences relating to persons aspects. He was a pioneer of Sociology in the 1900s. (Wikipedia).