The need for enemies : a bestiary of political forms F.G. Bailey

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bailey, F. G. (Frederick George)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political culture--India--Orissa.

Political culture.

Orissa (India)--Politics and government.

Orissa (India).

Rhetoric--Political aspects--India--Orissa.

Rhetoric.

Opposition (Political science).

Enemies.

Political psychology.

Physical Description:

xiv, 223 p. ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1998.

Summary:

Amid the escalating hostilities of today's world, F.G. Bailey returns to the state of Orissa in the eastern India of the 1950s to consider what held a diverse collection of people together and what drove them apart. The last of Bailey's books about Orissa, The Need for Enemies offers a groundlevel view of regional politics in South Asia in the years following independence. In doing so, the book analyzes political problems that are of universal concern: incivility in public life, the inescapable dilemma of duty always in tension with interests, public consensus on what is right and good giving way to a babel of inconsistent moralities, and, not least, true believers contesting realists who see virtue in compromise.

Contents:

1. The Babel Sound of Politics. Antitheses. Animosity and Its Sources. A Plurality of Cultures 2. Bhubaneswar New Capital. The Tented Eatery. Optimism and the Third World. The New Capital. The Framework. Past and Future. Oriya Nationalism. The Coalition. Inconsistencies 3. The Rhetoric of Paternalism. Look to Government. Reserved Seats. Attitudes to Authority. The Royal Style. The Officials. Subaltern Freedoms. The Complexity of Paternalism 4. The Rhetoric of Business. Sharp Practice. Politicians and Public Money. Profit and Preaching. The Iron Foundry Man. Pervasive Improbity 5. The Rhetoric of Struggle. Agitation and Leadership. The Man from Koraput. The Labor Organizer. An Oriya Patriot. The Man from Singhbhum. The Man from Talcher. Tales of Adventure 6. Pragmatism and the Gandhians. Sarvodaya. Land Reform and Local Government. The Gift of a Village. A Modernizing Realist. The Perfect Politician. Retreat into Good Works 7. Disenchantment and Compromise. Enantiodromia. Distance Lends Enchantment. Hard Realities and High Hopes. Moderation and Its Causes. Pragmatism Defined. Four Stages. The Argument.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-217) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Bailey, F. G. (Frederick George) Need for enemies.

ISBN:

080143470X (cloth : alk. paper)

9780801434709 (cloth : alk. paper)

080148474X (pbk. : alk. paper)

9780801484742 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

37742307