Sources of Indian Tradition - Modern India and Pakistan

Informationen zum Autor Edited and revised by Stephen Hay Klappentext Since 1958 one of the most important and widely used texts on civilization in South Asia (now the nation-states of India! Pakstan! Bangladesh! Sri Lanka and Nepal)! this classic is now extensively revised! with much new material added. Introductory essays explain the particular settings in which leading Indian thinkers have expressed their ideas about religious! social! political! and economic questions. Brief summaries precede each passage from their writings or sayings. Chapters address the opening of India to the West; Hindu and Muslim social and religious reform movements; the emergence of both moderate and extremist nationalisms; the thought of Mahatma Gandhi; public policies for independent India; Pakistan's formation as an Islamic state! and other topics. Zusammenfassung Primary sources in the history! philosophy! and religions of South Asia: Volume II focuses on the subcontinent's history from 1498 to 1984! with such topics as the opening of India to the West; Hindu and Muslin social and religious movements; and Pakistan's formation as an Islamic state. Inhaltsverzeichnis 20. The Opening of India to the West21. The Renascence of Hinduism22. Nationalism Takes Root: The Moderates23. The Marriage of Politics and Religion: The Extremists24. The Muslim Revival25. Tagore and Gandhi26. Pakistan: Its Founding and Future27. Six Paths to India's Future

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• Authors: William Theodore de Bary, Ainslie T. Hay Embree, Stephen Hay
• Assisted by: Ainslie Embree (Editor), Ainslie T. Embree (Editor), Stephen Hay (Editor)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.05.1988
• EAN: 9780231064149
• ISBN: 978-0-231-06414-9
• No. of pages: 464
• Series: Introduction to Oriental Civil; Introduction to Oriental Civil
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries