On India : self-image and counter-image / edited by Anindita N. Balslev.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Balslev, Anindita N.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self-perception--India.

Self-perception.

Self-evaluation--India.

Self-evaluation.

India--History.

India.

History.

Physical Description:

184 S : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif : SAGE Publications, 2013.

Summary:

On India: Self-image and Counter-image is a rich display of ideas concerning the locus of the major thrust of the Indian civilization. The chapters in this book turn an inquiring and critical gaze to the various images of India. Whether these images have been handed down from time immemorial or conjured in the comparatively recent phases of history or construed in our time, reflections on these enable us to assess and appreciate how the Indian civilization has been perceived by the insiders as well as by others. A cherished and a continuous self-image also implicitly suggests its counter-image as one to be shunned. In a search for self-image of India, and in the process of identifying implicitly or overtly the counter-image, the contributions in this volume draw from traditional philosophical texts as well as ancient Indian mythology where projections of profound cultural visions are rampant. Focus is equally made on a range of concerns that sway from historical analysis to current international diplomacy, from travelogues to Bollywood representations. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Is There a Core Cultural Self-image of India? / Anindita N. Balslev Balslev, Anindita N. 1

2 Two Indias: Gandhiji and Modern India / Johan Galtung Galtung, Johan 14

3 Time, Space and Self-image in Indic Culture / Lokesh Chandra Chandra, Lokesh 26

4 Vedic Tradition and Civilization / N. Kazanas Kazanas, N. 39

5 On Three Images of India / Balmiki Prasad Singh Singh, Balmiki Prasad 55

6 Cross-cultural Conversation and Diplomacy / Shyam Saran Saran, Shyam 63

7 Politics of Democracy and the Politics of Religion in a Post-secular Age / Ashis Nandy Nandy, Ashis 71

8 Bridging Divide: The Triumph of Bollywood / Madhu Purnima Kishwar Kishwar, Madhu Purnima 84

9 Conceptualizing India-The Given and the Borrowed / Kapil Kapoor Kapoor, Kapil 102

10 India as the Other in Partition Literature / Sukrita Paul Kumar Kumar, Sukrita Paul 119

11 Ensuring Harmony in a Pluralistic Society-Role of Government / D.R. Kaarthikeyan Kaarthikeyan, D.R. 129

12 Negotiating Compromises in Cross-cultural Conversations / Dietmar Rothermund Rothermund, Dietmar 145

13 India's Image through the Lens of Italian Travellers, from First Century AD to Twentieth Century / Ugo Astuto Astuto, Ugo 159.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9788132110927

8132110927

OCLC:

843619998