Modern Indian Political Thought

Chakrabarty, Bidyut / Pandey, Rajendra Kumar:
Modern Indian Political Thought : Text and Context / Bidyut Chakrabarty ; Rajendra Kumar Pandey. - New Delhi [u.a.] : Sage, 2009. - ca. 472 S.
ISBN 978-81-321-0225-0
Rs. 350,00 (indischer Preis)
US$ 7,00 (Bookshop of India)
£ 14,99 (Sage UK)
-- Angekündigt für September 2009 --

Beschreibung
Modern Indian Political Thought: Text and Context is an essential reading for students of Social Sciences seeking to unravel the formation and text of the thoughts of great Indian political thinkers. It is an unconventional articulation of political thought in India that evolved during the nationalist struggle against colonialism.
The salient features of the book are:

• In contrast to the existing literature on the subject, it carries a context-driven conceptualisation of the major strands of political thought that emerged in India in the past two centuries. It focuses on India’s peculiar socio-political processes under colonialism that influenced the evolution of such thought.
• Incorporates new ideas and issues that have been articulated, though not as extensively, in contemporary works on Indian nationalist thought and movement.
• Discusses the development and articulation of political thought by leaders like Gandhi, Tagore, Ambedkar, JP, Nehru and Lohia.
• Covers the Indian freedom struggle in detail.

The distinguishing feature of this book is its linking of the text of Indian political thought with the context. In doing so, it challenges the ethno-centric interpretation of nationalism that, despite its roots in Western Enlightenment, evolved differently because of the context in which it was articulated.

Inhalt
Preface
Introduction
I: REVISITING THE TEXTS
   - Early Nationalist Responses: Ram Mohan Roy, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Dayananda Saraswati and Jyotirao Phule
   - Moderates and Extremists: Dadabhai Naoroji, M G Ranade and B G Tilak
   - Mahatma Gandhi
   - Rabindranath Tagore
   - B R Ambedkar
   - Jayaprakash Narayan
   - Jawaharlal Nehru
   - Muhammad Iqbal
   - M N Roy
   - Ram Manohar Lohia
   - Subhas Chandra Bose
   - V D Savarkar
   - Pandita Ramabai
II: CONTEXT AND CONTEXTUAL INFLUENCES RE-EXAMINED
   - Nature and Processes of Indian Freedom Struggle
   - Landmarks in Constitutional Development During British Rule: A Historical Perspective
   - Socio-economic Dimensions of the Nationalist Movement
   - Culmination of the British Rule and the Making of India’s Constitution
Conclusion
Model Questions
Glossary
Index

Autoren
BIDYUT CHAKRABARTY, Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi. Faculty profile.
RAJENDRA KUMAR PANDEY, University of Delhi

Quellen: Sage India; Sage UK; Bookshop of India; New Asia Books; WorldCat.