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India : political ideas and the making of a democratic discourse / Gurpreet Mahajan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mahajan, Gurpreet, author.
- Series:
- World political theories.
- World Political Theories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- India--Politics and government--1977-.
- India.
- India--Economic policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (194 pages)
- Distribution:
- [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Zed Books, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this groundbreaking work, Gurpreet Mahajan draws upon critical debates and political practices to question how the concepts of freedom, equality and difference are layered with new meanings and how religion and state, critical reason and embedded self are understood in the Indian context. Part of Zed's World Political Theories series, this remarkable work that offers a glimpse of the social and political life of contemporary India, and how it differs from the dominant liberal paradigm.
- Contents:
- Cover
- World Political Theories
- About the author
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Glossary
- 1 Indian political theory: beyond cultural essentialism
- 2 Equality
- 3 Freedom
- 4 Religion
- 5 Diversity
- 6 The language of democratic discourse
- Notes
- References
- Index
- About Zed Books.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781350220744
- 1350220744
- 9781780325163
- 1780325169
- 9781780320939
- 1780320930
- 9781780320946
- 1780320949
- OCLC:
- 862975007
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