Keywords for Modern India

by John Harriss and Craig Jeffrey

Book Overview

What have English terms such as 'civil society', 'democracy', 'development' or 'nationalism' come to mean in an Indian context and how have their meanings and uses changed over time? Why are they the subjects of so much debate - in their everyday uses as well as amongst scholars? How did a concept such as 'Hinduism' come to be framed, and what does it mean now? What is 'caste'? Does it have quite the same meaning now as in the past? Why is the idea...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019966563X
• ISBN13: 9780199665631
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.1" x 10.0"