The Indian Ideology

Author : Perry Anderson
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781685549

Get Book

The Indian Ideology by Perry Anderson Pdf

The historiography of modern India is largely a pageant of presumed virtues: harmonious territorial unity, religious impartiality, the miraculous survival of electoral norms in the world's most populous democracy. Even critics of injustices within Indian society still underwrite such claims. But how well does the 'Idea of India' correspond to the realities of the Union? In an iconoclastic intervention, Marxist historian Perry Anderson provides an unforgettable reading of the Subcontinent's passage through Independence and the catastrophe of Partition, the idiosyncratic and corrosive vanities of Gandhi and Nehru, and the close interrelationship of Indian democracy and caste inequality. The Indian Ideology caused uproar on first publication in 2012, not least for breaking with euphemisms for Delhi's occupation of Kashmir. This new, expanded edition includes the author's reply to his critics, an interview with the late Praful Bidwai of the Indian weekly Outlook, and a postscript on India under the rule of Narendra Modi. Anderson considers whether his regime is as much of a break with the practices and thought processes of Congress rule as is generally supposed.

Author : Perry Anderson
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781788732710

Get Book

The Indian Ideology by Perry Anderson Pdf

The historiography of modern India is largely a pageant of presumed virtues: harmonious territorial unity, religious impartiality, the miraculous survival of electoral norms in the world’s most populous democracy. Even critics of Indian society still underwrite such claims. But how well does the “Idea of India” correspond to the realities of the Union? In an iconoclastic intervention, Marxist historian Perry Anderson provides an unforgettable reading of the Subcontinent’s passage through Independence and the catastrophe of Partition, the idiosyncratic and corrosive vanities of Gandhi and Nehru, and the close interrelationship of Indian democracy and caste inequality. The Indian Ideology caused uproar on first publication in 2012, not least for breaking with euphemisms for Delhi’s occupation of Kashmir. This new, expanded edition includes the author’s reply to his critics, an interview with the Indian weekly Outlook, and a postscript on India under the rule of Narendra Modi.

Author : Pradeep K. Chhibber,Rahul Verma
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190623906

Get Book

Ideology and Identity by Pradeep K. Chhibber,Rahul Verma Pdf

Indian party politics, commonly viewed as chaotic, clientelistic, and corrupt, is nevertheless a model for deepening democracy and accommodating diversity. Historically, though, observers have argued that Indian politics is non-ideological in nature. In contrast, Pradeep Chhibber and Rahul Verma contend that the Western European paradigm of "ideology" is not applicable to many contemporary multiethnic countries. In these more diverse states, the most important ideological debates center on statism-the extent to which the state should dominate and regulate society-and recognition-whether and how the state should accommodate various marginalized groups and protect minority rights from majorities. Using survey data from the Indian National Election Studies and evidence from the Constituent Assembly debates, they show how education, the media, and religious practice transmit the competing ideas that lie at the heart of ideological debates in India.

Author : Partha Chaterjee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8178244837

Get Book

The Indian Ideology by Partha Chaterjee Pdf

Collectively, these three ripostes represent a systematic critique of the intellectual foundations of The Indian Ideology.

Author : Robert Travers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139464161

Get Book

Ideology and Empire in Eighteenth-Century India by Robert Travers Pdf

Robert Travers' analysis of British conquests in late eighteenth-century India shows how new ideas were formulated about the construction of empire. After the British East India Company conquered the vast province of Bengal, Britons confronted the apparent anomaly of a European trading company acting as an Indian ruler. Responding to a prolonged crisis of imperial legitimacy, British officials in Bengal tried to build their authority on the basis of an 'ancient constitution', supposedly discovered among the remnants of the declining Mughal Empire. In the search for an indigenous constitution, British political concepts were redeployed and redefined on the Indian frontier of empire, while stereotypes about 'oriental despotism' were challenged by the encounter with sophisticated Indian state forms. This highly original book uncovers a forgotten style of imperial state-building based on constitutional restoration, and in the process opens up new points of connection between British, imperial and South Asian history.

Author : Bidyut Chakrabarty
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008-05-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134132683

Get Book

Indian Politics and Society since Independence by Bidyut Chakrabarty Pdf

Focusing on politics and society in India, this book explores new areas enmeshed in the complex social, economic and political processes in the country. Linking the structural characteristics with the broader sociological context, the book emphasizes the strong influence of sociological issues on politics, such as social milieu shaping and the articulation of the political in day-to-day events. Political events are connected with the ever-changing social, economic and political processes in order to provide an analytical framework to explain ‘peculiarities’ of Indian politics. Bidyut Chakrabarty argues that three major ideological influences of colonialism, nationalism and democracy have provided the foundational values of Indian politics. Structured thematically and chronologically, this work is a useful resource for students of political science, sociology and South Asian studies.

Author : Bidyut Chakrabarty,Bhuwan Kumar Jha
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000753998

Get Book

Hindu Nationalism in India by Bidyut Chakrabarty,Bhuwan Kumar Jha Pdf

This book offers an in-depth study of right-wing politics in India by analysing the shifting ideologies of Hindu nationalism and its evolution in the late nineteenth century through to twenty-first century. The authors provide a thorough overview of the chronological evolution of Hindu nationalist organizational outfits to reveal how Hindu nationalist ideology has adapted in ways that have not always corresponded with the orthodox Hindu nationalist position. An examination of the overriding preference for Hindu nationalism demonstrates how it has flourished and continues to remain relevant in contemporary India despite being marginalized at the dawn of India’s independence. The book demonstrates that Hindu nationalism is a context-driven ideological device which is sensitive to the ideas and priorities that gradually gain salience. It also explores Hindu nationalism as a vote-catching device, especially from the late twentieth century onwards. Providing a nuanced analysis of Hindu nationalism in India as a constantly evolving phenomenon, this book will be of interest to researchers on Asian political theory, nationalism, religious politics and South Asian and Indian politics.

Author : Thomas R. Metcalf
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1997-02-27
Category : History
ISBN : 0521589371

Get Book

Ideologies of the Raj by Thomas R. Metcalf Pdf

Ideologies of the Raj examines how the British sought to justify their rule over India. The author argues that two divergent strategies were devised to legitimate their authority: the one defined characteristics which the Indians shared with the British themselves, while the other emphasised qualities of enduring 'difference'. In the end, however, the differences predominated in the colonial view of India. Since the British constructed few explicit ideologies of empire, the author explores the workings of the Raj through the study of its underlying assumptions as revealed in policies and writings. Students of modern India and the British Empire will find Thomas Metcalf's book relevant and accessible.

Author : Christophe Jaffrelot
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781400828036

Get Book

Hindu Nationalism by Christophe Jaffrelot Pdf

Hindu nationalism came to world attention in 1998, when the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won national elections in India. Although the BJP was defeated nationally in 2004, it continues to govern large Indian states, and the movement it represents remains a major force in the world's largest democracy. This book presents the thought of the founding fathers and key intellectual leaders of Hindu nationalism from the time of the British Raj, through the independence period, to the present. Spanning more than 130 years of Indian history and including the writings of both famous and unknown ideologues, this reader reveals how the "Hindutuva" movement approaches key issues of Indian politics. Covering such important topics as secularism, religious conversion, relations with Muslims, education, and Hindu identity in the growing diaspora, this reader will be indispensable for anyone wishing to understand contemporary Indian politics, society, culture, or history.

Author : Harald Fischer-Tiné,Michael Mann
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843310914

Get Book

Colonialism as Civilizing Mission by Harald Fischer-Tiné,Michael Mann Pdf

Inherent in colonialism was the idea of self-legitimation, the most powerful tool of which was the colonizer's claim to bring the fruits of progress and modernity to the subject people. In colonial logic, people who were different because they were inferior had to be made similar - and hence equal - by civilizing them. However, once this equality had been attained, the very basis for colonial rule would vanish. Colonialism as Civilizing Mission explores British colonial ideology at work in South Asia. Ranging from studies on sport and national education, to pulp fiction to infanticide, to psychiatric therapy and religion, these essays on the various forms, expressions and consequences of the British 'civilizing mission' in South Asia shed light on a topic that even today continues to be an important factor in South Asian politics.

Author : Francesca Orsini,Neelam Srivastava,Laetitia Zecchini
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781800641914

Get Book

The Form of Ideology and the Ideology of Form by Francesca Orsini,Neelam Srivastava,Laetitia Zecchini Pdf

This timely volume focuses on the period of decolonization and the Cold War as the backdrop to the emergence of new and diverse literary aesthetics that accompanied anti-imperialist commitments and Afro-Asian solidarity. Competing internationalist frameworks produced a flurry of writings that made Asian, African and other world literatures visible to each other for the first time. The book’s essays examine a host of print culture formats (magazines, newspapers, manifestos, conference proceedings, ephemera, etc.) and modes of cultural mediation and transnational exchange that enabled the construction of a variously inflected Third-World culture which played a determining role throughout the Cold War. The essays in this collection focus on locations as diverse as Morocco, Tunisia, South Asia, China, Spain, and Italy, and on texts in Arabic, English, French, Hindi, Italian, and Spanish. In doing so, they highlight the combination of local debates and struggles, and internationalist networks and aspirations that found expression in essays, novels, travelogues, translations, reviews, reportages and other literary forms. With its comparative study of print cultures with a focus on decolonization and the Cold War, the volume makes a major contribution both to studies of postcolonial literary and print cultures, and to cultural Cold War studies in multilingual and non-Western contexts, and will be of interest to historians and literary scholars alike.

Author : Bipan Chandra
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015033951180

Get Book

Ideology and Politics in Modern India by Bipan Chandra Pdf

Author : Ashish Talwar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Ideology
ISBN : UOM:39015061097633

Get Book

Congressism by Ashish Talwar Pdf

The Study Evolves A New And Lucid Approach To The Ideology Of The Congress, Which Has Been Presented As A Theory Of Political Thought, Congressism.

Author : A. Raghuramaraju
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199087921

Get Book

Debates in Indian Philosophy by A. Raghuramaraju Pdf

This volume traces the impact of colonialism and Western philosophy on the dialogical structure of Indian thought and highlights the general tendency in contemporary Indian philosophy to avoid direct dialogue as opposed to the rich and elaborate debates that formed the pivot of the classical Indian tradition. It defines three possible areas of debate: between Swami Vivekanand and Mahatama Gandhi; V.D. Savarkar and Mahatama Gandhi; and Sri Aurobindo and Krishna Chandra Bhattacharyya—on state and pre-modern society, religion and politics, and science and spiritualism respectively. This book will be of considerable interest not only to students and scholars of Indian philosophy and religious studies but to scholars of politics and sociology as well.

Author : M. Madhava Prasad
Publisher : Oxford India Paperbacks
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : NWU:35556037656311

Get Book

Ideology of the Hindi Film by M. Madhava Prasad Pdf

With reference to India.