
This Reader Provides A Comprehensive Introduction To The Study Of Contemporary Indian Political Theory, Giving Students A Clear Introduction To The Most Influential Literature In The Field. Tracing The Development Of The Discipline, It Brings Together A Range Of Contributions On Contemporary Indian Political Thought. The Poverty Of Indian Political Theory / Bhikhu Parekh -- Gandhi's Ambedkar / Ramachandra Guha -- The Quest For Justice: Evoking Gandhi / Neera Chandhoke -- Tagore And His India / Amartya Sen -- Is Secularism Alien To Indian Civilization? / Romila Thapar -- Secularism Revisited: Doctrine Of Destiny Or Political Ideology? / T. N. Madan -- The Distinctiveness Of Indian Secularism / Rajeev Bhargava -- The Blindness Of Insight: Why Communalism In India Is About Caste / Dilip M. Menon -- In Search Of Integration And Identity: Indian Muslims Since Independence / Mushirul Hasan -- Sikh Fundamentalism: Translating History Into Theory / Harjot Oberoi -- Gandhi, Newton, And The Enlightenment / Akeel Bilgrami -- Scientific Temper: Arguments For An Indian Enlightenment / Meera Nanda -- Outline Of A Revisionist Theory Of Modernity / Sudipta Kaviraj -- Reconstructing Childhood: A Critique Of The Ideology Of Adulthood / Ashis Nandy -- Subaltern Studies As Postcolonial Criticism / Gyan Prakash -- The Commitment To Theory / Homi Bhabha -- The Justice Of Human Rights In Indian Constitutionalism / Upendra Baxi -- Emancipatory Feminist Theory In Postcolonial India: Unmasking The Ruse Of Liberal Internationalism / Ratna Kapur -- Righting Wrongs / Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak -- The Poverty Of Western Political Theory: Concluding Remarks On Concepts Like 'community' East And West / Partha Chatterjee. [edited By] Aakash Singh And Silika Mohapatra. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.
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