Democrats and dissenters
Publication details: Haryana Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd 2016Description: xvi,317pISBN:- 9780670089369
- 954 GUH
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Contents
Preface: Leaving a Capital, Finding a Country xi
Part I: Politics and society
1. The Long Life and Lingering Death of the Indian National Congress 3
2. Eight Threats to Freedom of Expression in India 23
3. Debating Democracy:Jayaprakash Narayan versus Jawaharlal Nehru 41
4. Thinking Through China 50
5. Pakistan without Tears 67
6. Democracy and Violence: In India, Sri Lanka and Beyond 88
7. Tribal Tragedies in Independent India 104
8. Which Was Our Worst Year Ever? 129
Part II: Ideologies and intellectuals
9. The Brilliance and Dogmatism of Eric Hobsbawm 143
10. Indonesian and Irish: Benedict Anderson as Scholar and Human Being 154
11. The Life and Death of a Gandhian Buddhist 172
12. The Wisest Man in India: The Career and Credo of Andre Beteille 192
13. Arguments with Sen,Arguments about India 220
14. Dharma Kumar:An Intellectual Portrait 239
15. U.R.Ananthamurthy Alive, and from Beyond the Pyre 258
16. Where are the Conservative Intellectuals in India? 268
Sources 301
Acknowledgements 303
Index 305
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