Crisis and change in contemporary India

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Crisis and change in contemporary India

edited by Upendra Baxi and Bhikhu Parekh

Sage Pub. in association with Book Review Literary Trust, 1995

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  • : India-hbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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These essays cover concerns that are of direct relevance to India's social and political future. They include: an analysis of the contribution of Gandhi, Nehru and Ambedkar to Indian political and social transformation; discussions on the evolution of post-Independence polity, the formation of civic loyalty, and the crisis of governability; an examination of the problem of religious and secular identities in the context of the construction of modernity; public health issues; and finally an analysis of the eco-politics of developmental activities and a framework for understanding communal violence.

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Introduction - Upendra Baxi Jawaharlal Nehru and the Crisis of Modernisation - Bhikhu Parekh The Doctrine of Swaraj in Gandhi's Philosophy - Anthony J Parel Gandhi - Judith M Brown Guru for the 1990s? Gandhi, Nehru, and Modernity - Thomas Pantham Emancipation as Justice - Upendra Baxi Babasaheb Ambedkar's Legacy and Vision Intrepreting Indian Politics - Rajni Kothari A Personal Statement Civil Loyalty and the New India - Leroy S Rouner The Great Language Debate - D L Sheth Politics of Metropolitan versus Vernacular India Crowds and Power - Subrata K Mitra Democracy and the Crisis of Governability in India Personality Politics - Prakash N Desai A Psychoanalytic Perspective The Politics of Application and Social Relevance in Contemporary Psychology - Ashis Nandy The Health Scenario in India - Jayshree P Mehta Religion, Politics and Modernity - Sudipta Kaviraj Religious and Secular Identities - Rajeev Bhargava Cultural Embodiment and Histories - Gurpreet Mahajan Towards Construction of Self Communal Riots in Contemporary India - Pravin J Patel Towards a Sociological Explanation The Sardar Sarovar Project - Pravin N Sheth Ecopolitics of Development Raojibhai Patel (Mota) - Bhikhu Parekh An Appreciation

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