Reasoning Indian Politics: Philosopher Politicians to Politicians Seeking Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9780367884109 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 256 str.

Narendar Pani; Anshuman Behera

Opis

This volume examines the forms of reasoning in Indian politics, tracing the transition from philosopher-politicians to politicians seeking philosophy in Indian polity during the post-independence era. It then analyses the implications of such reasoning on current practices from the standpoints of political theorists

Spis treści

List of contributors.  Preface.  1. On the ‘Why’ of Indian politics Narendar Pani and Anshuman Behera  Part I: On Indian Political Theory  2. The Poverty of Indian Political Theory Bhikhu Parekh  3. Further Thoughts on Contemporary Indian Political Theory Bhikhu Parekh  Part II: Three Philosopher Politicians  4. On the Idea of 'Mahatma': Revisiting the Poverty of Indian Political Theory A. Raghuramaraju  5. What Is Living and What Is Dead in Rammanohar Lohia? Yogendra Yadav  6. Ambedkar on Indian Democracy Arun K. Patnaik  Part III: The Search for Philosophy  7. Literarization and Trans-Islamism: Life and After-life of Sayyed Sanaulla Makthi P. K. Yasser Arafth  8. From Mao to Maoism: The Indian Path Anshuman Behera  Part IV: Towards an Ontology of Indian Politics 9. Ideation and the politics of legality and morality in India Narendar Pani  10. Being Dalit after Gandhi and Ambedkar: Insights from Devanoora Mahadeva Compiled, edited, and translated by Bageshree Subbanna  Index

O autorze

Narendar Pani is Professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, India. He has been writing on politics in both academia and the media since the 1980s. His research interests lie in his interpretation of the Gandhian method to understand current Indian and global realities. This method, as explored in his book, Inclusive Economics: Gandhian Method and Contemporary Policy (2001), seeks an alternative to ideology-centric approaches to the social sciences.

Anshuman Behera is Assistant Professor in the Conflict Resolution Programme at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, India. A co-author of the book Militant Groups in South Asia (2014), his research interests deal with the socio-political conflicts in India and Nepal. In addition to extensive work on Maoism, he has also written on political processes in South Asia.