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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Dwyer, Rachel
• Dharampal-Frick, Gita
• Kirloskar-Steinbach, Monika
• Phalkey, Jahnavi
• Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach
• Gita Dharampal-Frick
• Rachel Dwyer
• Jahnavi Phalkey

Titel

Key Concepts in Modern Indian Studies

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

New York: NYU Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Modern Indian studies have recently become a site for new, creative, and thought-provoking debates extending over a broad canvas of crucial issues. As a result of socio-political transformations, certain concepts-such asahimsa, caste,darshan, and race-have taken on different meanings. Bringing together ideas, issues, and debates salient to modern Indian studies, this volume charts the social, cultural, political, and economic processes at work in the Indian subcontinent. Authored by internationally recognized experts, this volume comprises over one hundred individual entries on concepts central to their respective fields of specialization, highlighting crucial issues and debates in a lucid and concise manner. Each concept is accompanied by a critical analysis of its trajectory and a succinct discussion of its significance in the academic arena as well as in the public sphere. Enhancing the shared framework of understanding about the Indian subcontinent,Key Concepts in Modern Indian Studieswill provide the reader with insights into vital debates about the region, underscoring the compelling issues emanating from colonialism and postcolonialism.