Interrogating India's Modernity

Interrogating India's Modernity
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Publisher : OUP India
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ISBN-10 : 0198092075
ISBN-13 : 9780198092070
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Download or read book Interrogating India's Modernity written by Surinder Jodhka and published by OUP India. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays by seminal commentators on contemporary Indian society, this volume outlines the state of current scholarship on the issues of caste, ethnicity, modernity, identity, and democracy in India, and a comprehensive survey of the debates and contestations in these fields. It has been put together in the honour of Professor Dipankar Gupta, whose significant contribution to Indian sociology has defined the way sociology is learnt, taught, and practiced in South Asia.


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