Reappraising Modern Indian Thought: Themes and Thinkers is a lucid
and comprehensive account of the thread of socio-political thought
of major Indian thinkers over the decades. In contrast to the
existing texts on the subject, it explores the social and political
conditions that formed the basis of political thinking of the
thinkers in the past two centuries. The book begins with a detailed
discussion on the development and articulation of socio-political
thought that have evolved in modern India. It then goes to give a
comprehensive coverage and makes an analysis of great thinkers of
modern India, namely Rabindranath Tagore, Madan Mohan Malaviya,
Swami Vivekananda, Aurobindo Ghose, Abul Kalam Azad, Bal Gangadhar
Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal, Lala Lajpat Rai, Bankim Chandra
Chattopadhyay, V. D. Savarkar, M. S. Golwalkar, Deen Dayal
Upadhyaya, Syed Ahmed Khan, and Muhammad Iqbal. Divided into four
thematic sections; Ideal-Humanist Thought, Militant-Extremist
Thought, Cultural–Revivalist Thought and Radical-Pragmatist
Thought — the chapters on such thinkers not only talks about
their lives and times but also discusses and examines the
contributions of those to contemporary period. This multi-authored
compendium has contributions from professionals and experts of the
subject from different premier universities of India and it will be
an indispensable and immensely helpful basic text to students,
researchers, academicians as well as for general readers across
India and also abroad who will take interest to develop a critical
understanding of the modern Indian thinkers on the issues such as
colonialism, India’s freedom struggle, nationalism, nation
building, economic reconstruction, education, democracy,
secularism, socialism, integral and universal humanism. Â
General
Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan
|
Country of origin: |
Singapore |
Release date: |
September 2023 |
First published: |
2022 |
Editors: |
Ankit Tomar
• Suratha Kumar Malik
|
Dimensions: |
235 x 155mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Edition: |
1st ed. 2022 |
ISBN-13: |
978-981-19-2607-5 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
981-19-2607-7 |
Barcode: |
9789811926075 |
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