Political Ideas in Modern India: Thematic Explorations (History of Science, Philosophy & Culture India) - Hardcover

9780761934202: Political Ideas in Modern India: Thematic Explorations (History of Science, Philosophy & Culture India)
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In Political Ideas in Modern India, an outstanding group of social and political theorists offer a creative reinterpretation of the ideas and principles that have shaped modern Indian society and state. This volume is the second to be published by SAGE in the ongoing series on the History of Science, Philosophy and Culture in Indian Civilization. It inquires into and reflects upon various important themes in political thought in modern India: rights, freedoms, equality, social justice, constitutional rule, swaraj, swadeshi, satyagraha, class war, socialism, Hindutva, Hind Swaraj, syncretic culture and composite nationalism.

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Thomas Pantham is Professor of Political Science at the M.S. University of Baroda. He has been nominated UGC National Lecturer in Political Science (1985–86), has been a Visiting Fellow at the University of Essex (1973) and a Fulbright Senior Scholar at the universities of Princeton and Massachusetts (1981). He has contributed numerous articles to journals and edited volumes and has written Political Parties and Democratic Consensus (New Delhi, 1976).
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"The volume is a lucid and veritable treasure of thoughts and actions that has the potential value for theorists concerned with political thought in India, post-colonial thought and comparative political theory." Author: Pahi Saikia Published On: 2007-05-30

The present work is an attempt to capture the political thoughts of modern India without any pretension of having a comprehensive history. It is part of an even more grandiose scheme of documenting history of the Indian civilization - its culture, science and political thought in a series... Author: The Statesman

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