Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 526 g
Themes and Perspectives
Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 526 g
ISBN: 978-0-367-63316-5
Verlag: Routledge India
This book presents a comprehensive account of the socio-political thought of prominent modern Indian thinkers. It offers a clear understanding of the basic concepts and their contributions on contemporary issues.
Key features:
- Explores the nature, scope, relevance, context, and theoretical approaches of modern Indian thought and overviews its development through an in-depth study of the lives and ideas of major thinkers.
- Examines critical themes such as nationalism, swaraj, democracy and state, liberalism, revolution, socialism, constitutionalism, secularism, satyagraha, swadeshi, nationbuilding, humanism, ethics in politics, democratic decentralisation, religion and politics, social transformation and emancipation, and social and gender justice under sections on liberal-reformist, moderate-Gandhian, and leftist-socialist thought.
- Brings together insightful essays on Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Dayananda Saraswati, Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Pandita Ramabai, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Jyotirao Govindrao Phule, Babasaheb Ambedkar, Dadabhai Naoroji, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhas Chandra Bose, Ram Manohar Lohia, Babu Jagjivan Ram, Vinoba Bhave, Acharya Narendra Deva, Manabendra Nath Roy, and Jayaprakash Narayan.
- Traces different perspectives on the way India’s composite cultures, traditions, and conditions inf luenced the evolution of their thought and legacy.
With its accessible style, this book will be useful to teachers, students, and scholars of political science, modern Indian political thought, modern Indian history, and political philosophy. It will also interest those associated with exclusion studies, political sociology, sociology, and South Asian studies.
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Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
Weitere Infos & Material
Foreword. Introduction Part I: Liberal–Reformist Thought 1. Ram Mohan Roy 2. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar 3. Dayananda Saraswati 4. Jyotirao Govindrao Phule 5. Ramakrishna Paramhansa 6. Pandita Ramabai 7. Periyar E. V. Ramasamy 8. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar 9. Jagjivan Ram Part II: Moderate–Gandhian Thought 10. Dadabhai Naoroji 11. Gopal Krishna Gokhale 12. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 13. Vinoba Bhave Part III: Leftist–Socialist Thought 14. Manabendra Nath Roy 15. Narendra Deva 16. Jawaharlal Nehru 17. Subhas Chandra Bose 18. Jayaprakash Narayan 19. Ram Manohar Lohia
