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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 post colonialism.
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.ISBN - 9780199452750
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Pages : 344
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