{"product_id":"between-tradition-and-modernity-indias-search-for-identity","title":"Between Tradition and Modernity - India's Search for Identity","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Fred Dallmayr\u003cbr\u003eG N Devy\/\u003cbr\u003eEditor(s): Fred Dallmayr \/ G N Devy\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Sage Publications\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1998\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 374\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8170366992\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis anthology documents the search of Indian intellectuals, politicians and writers to forge an 'identity' in the twentieth century, and thereby gain a balance between the roots of their traditions and the onslaught of modernity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile many nations and cultures across the globe have encountered colonialism, the editors of this volume believe that India has been particularly sensitive to preserving its traditions and cultural memories, which were severely tested by colonial domination. The book focuses on the existential dimension of this encounter and the West’s role as a catalyst in India’s process of self-scrutiny and search for self-rule and cultural identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe selections assembled here collectively argue for self-understanding and the realization of the nation’s identity as being intrinsic to the articulation of the relationship between self and other. To this extent, the story narrated here represents not so much a travelogue as a journey, reflecting the experiences of prominent Indian thinkers in their search for identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first part of this volume brings together major voices in India’s struggle against colonialism, while the second part presents interpretive essays by intellectuals across various disciplines and interests. These essays offer appraisals of the legacy of the great nationalist leaders, of modernization and its discontents, of communal, ethnic, and interfaith relations, and of the future course of life in post-colonial India. Taken as a whole, the volume shows that the process of modernization and so-called development is really a struggle over the heart and soul of India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGiven its interdisciplinary character, hermeneutical approach and broad sweep, this anthology will be of interest to those engaged in the study of Indian politics, history, literature, philosophy and cultural studies, as well as the general readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART ONE \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOLONIALISM AND THE STRUGGLE FOR NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSwami Vivekananda - Modern India\u003cbr\u003eRabindranath Tagore - Nationalism in India\u003cbr\u003eSri Aurobindo - The Renaissance in India\u003cbr\u003eAnanda K Coomaraswamy-They Vedanta and Western Tradition\u003cbr\u003eVinayak D Savarkar - Some of the Basic Principles and Tenets of the Hindu Movement\u003cbr\u003eJiddu Krishnamuturi - Freedom, On Nationalism\u003cbr\u003eManavendranath Roy - Anti-Imperialist Struggle in India, Preconditions of Indian Renaissance\u003cbr\u003eB R Ambedkar- Gandhism: The Doom of the Untouchables\u003cbr\u003eMuhammad Iqbal -The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam, Presidential Address\u003cbr\u003eAbul Kalm Azad -Congress Presidential Speech\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMohandas Gandhi-Hindu Swaraj (Excerpts), Medium of Instruction, The Message of India\u003cbr\u003eJawaharlal Nehru -A Tryst with Destiny, Our Inheritance, India-Old and New, Synthesis is Our Tradition, National Solidarity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART TWO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMODERNIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA K Saran - Gandhi’s Theory of Society and Our Times\u003cbr\u003eThomas Pantham-Understanding Nehru’s Political Ideology\u003cbr\u003eRajni Kothari-Ethical Imperatives\u003cbr\u003eAshis Nandy-Cultural Frames for social Transformation: A Credo\u003cbr\u003eRomila Thapar-Tradition\u003cbr\u003eRanajit Guha-On Some Aspects of the Historiography of Colonial India\u003cbr\u003eSudhir Chandra -The Oppressive Present\u003cbr\u003eRamachandra Gandhi-The Swaraj of India\u003cbr\u003eUR anantha Murthy-Why Not Worship in the Nude? Reflection of a Novelist in His Time\u003cbr\u003eNirmal Verma-India and Europe, Some Reflections on Self and Other\u003cbr\u003eMaulana Wahiduddin Khan-Religion and Politics, A Silent Revolution\u003cbr\u003eSusie Tharu and K Lalita -Women Writing in India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Editors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Fred Dallmayr \/ Sage Publications \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153728270704,"sku":"7816","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/7816.jpg?v=1793913229","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/between-tradition-and-modernity-indias-search-for-identity","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}