Imaginary Institution of India - Politics and Ideas

Informationen zum Autor Sudipta Kaviraj is professor of politics at Columbia University and former professor of politics at the University of Chicago. He has also taught at the School of Oriental and African Studies! University of London! and Jawaharlal Nehru University! New Delhi. Klappentext As evidenced in these essays! Kaviraj's exceptional technique positions Indian politics within the political philosophy of the West and alongside perspectives from Indian history and indigenous political thought. Selections include studies on the peculiar nature of Indian democracy; the specific aspects of Jawaharlal Nehru's and Indira Ghandi's regimes; political culture in independent India; the construction of colonial power; the relationship between state! society! and discourse in India; the structure of nationalist discourse; language and identity formation in Indian contexts; the link between development and democracy or democratic functioning; and the interaction among religion! politics! and modernity in South Asia.

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• Authors: Sudipta Kaviraj, Sudipta (Columbia University) Kaviraj, Kaviraj Sudipta, Sudipta Kaviraj
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.05.2010
• EAN: 9780231152235
• ISBN: 978-0-231-15223-5
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Nationalism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, India, Asian History, HISTORY / Asia / South / India