Key Concepts in Modern Indian Studies
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9780199452750
Publication date:
08/05/2015
Hardback
344 pages
216.0x140.0mm
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Publication date:
08/05/2015
Hardback
344 pages
216.0x140.0mm
Gita Dharampal-Frick, Rachel Dwyer, Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach & Jahnavi Phalkey
Key Concepts in Modern Indian Studies is the first reference volume to introduce the terminology used for cultural studies and the social sciences relating to India. Authored by a number of internationally recognized experts, it consists of over one hundred individual entries on concepts central to their respective fields of specialization, highlighting crucial issues and debates in a lucid and concise manner. Each entry posits a concise definition of the key concept, accompanied by a critical analysis of its trajectory and a succinct discussion of its significance in the academic arena as well as in the public sphere.
Suitable for: This book will be of considerable interest to scholars and students of history, sociology, politics, religious studies and economics.
Rights: World Rights
Gita Dharampal-Frick, Rachel Dwyer, Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach & Jahnavi Phalkey
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Modern Indian studies have become a site for new, creative, and thought-provoking debates extending over a broad canvas of crucial issues. As a result of socio-political transformations, certain concepts—such as Ahimsa, Caste, Darshan, and Race—have taken on different meanings. Bringing together ideas, issues, and debates salient to modern Indian studies, this volume charts out the social, cultural, political, and economic processes at work in the subcontinent. Authored by internationally recognized experts, this work consists of over one hundred individual entries on concepts central to their respective fields of specialization, highlighting crucial issues and debates in a lucid and concise manner. Each concept is accompanied by a critical analysis of its trajectory and a succinct discussion of its significance in the academic arena as well as in the public sphere. Enhancing the shared framework of understanding about the Indian subcontinent, Key Concepts in Modern Indian Studies will provide the reader with insights into vital debates about the region, underscoring the compelling issues of colonialism and postcolonialism.
Gita Dharampal-Frick, Rachel Dwyer, Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach & Jahnavi Phalkey
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Gita Dharampal-Frick, Rachel Dwyer, Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach & Jahnavi Phalkey
Gita Dharampal-Frick, Rachel Dwyer, Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach & Jahnavi Phalkey
Description
Modern Indian studies have become a site for new, creative, and thought-provoking debates extending over a broad canvas of crucial issues. As a result of socio-political transformations, certain concepts—such as Ahimsa, Caste, Darshan, and Race—have taken on different meanings. Bringing together ideas, issues, and debates salient to modern Indian studies, this volume charts out the social, cultural, political, and economic processes at work in the subcontinent. Authored by internationally recognized experts, this work consists of over one hundred individual entries on concepts central to their respective fields of specialization, highlighting crucial issues and debates in a lucid and concise manner. Each concept is accompanied by a critical analysis of its trajectory and a succinct discussion of its significance in the academic arena as well as in the public sphere. Enhancing the shared framework of understanding about the Indian subcontinent, Key Concepts in Modern Indian Studies will provide the reader with insights into vital debates about the region, underscoring the compelling issues of colonialism and postcolonialism.
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