<p>But the Hazare movement is also beneficial in that it has made people speak out about corruption, he added.</p>.<p>“We can't afford to further destabilise the country. I would not like to throw my weight behind a movement that is destabilising a state which is already in a very fragile - destabilised - state,” Andre Beteille said here Friday evening.<br /><br />Quoting modern social analysts, Beteille said, “what passes for social movements in civil society are of amorphous nature. I don't regard this social movement as the voice of the Indian civil society at all,” the sociologist, who has inspired generations of thinkers in the country, said.</p>.<p>He said “the civil societies contain certain institutions which lays down certain conditions for democracy". </p>.<p>“The concept of a civil society can be problematic, it can be misused...” Beteille said in the context of the ongoing anti-corruption agaitation in the country.</p>.<p>Beteille, honoured with the Padma Bhushan, is known for his studies of the caste system in south India. </p>.<p>His book, “Caste, Class and Power” first published in 1965 is considered a classic in Indian sociology. Based on his doctoral thesis, the book illustrates the process by which modernity transformed a traditional village with a caste-based social structure to one based more on political parties or panchayats. </p>
<p>But the Hazare movement is also beneficial in that it has made people speak out about corruption, he added.</p>.<p>“We can't afford to further destabilise the country. I would not like to throw my weight behind a movement that is destabilising a state which is already in a very fragile - destabilised - state,” Andre Beteille said here Friday evening.<br /><br />Quoting modern social analysts, Beteille said, “what passes for social movements in civil society are of amorphous nature. I don't regard this social movement as the voice of the Indian civil society at all,” the sociologist, who has inspired generations of thinkers in the country, said.</p>.<p>He said “the civil societies contain certain institutions which lays down certain conditions for democracy". </p>.<p>“The concept of a civil society can be problematic, it can be misused...” Beteille said in the context of the ongoing anti-corruption agaitation in the country.</p>.<p>Beteille, honoured with the Padma Bhushan, is known for his studies of the caste system in south India. </p>.<p>His book, “Caste, Class and Power” first published in 1965 is considered a classic in Indian sociology. Based on his doctoral thesis, the book illustrates the process by which modernity transformed a traditional village with a caste-based social structure to one based more on political parties or panchayats. </p>