Between Tradition and Modernity
India's Search for Identity
1st Edition
Published in 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-7619-9244-8 (ISBN)
Description
The process of modernization poses a profound challenge to societies. Nowhere is this more true than in India where cultural memories have been severely tested by colonial domination but have been loyally preserved nonetheless. This anthology documents the intellectual struggle of a distinguished group of Indian writers and philosophers in the twentieth century to articulate the meaning of `India' and thereby establish an identity which bridges indigenous tradition and Western-style modernity.
Reviews / Votes
`Seldom does one come across a collection with such a broad variety of texts and which is, nevertheless, very topical. From the wealth of material available, the editors have laudably managed to select highly interesting ones' -Contemporary South AsiaMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-9244-8 (9780761992448)
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Content
Introduction
PART ONE: COLONIALISM AND THE STRUGGLE FOR NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE
Modern India - Swami Vivekananda
Nationalism in India - Rabindranath Tagore
The Renaissance in India - Sri Aurobindo
The Vedanta and Western Tradition - Ananda K Coomaraswamy
Some of the Basic Principles and Tenets of the Hindu Movement - Vinayak D Savarkar
Freedom - Jiddu Krishnamurti
On Nationalism
Anti-Imperialist Struggle in India - Manavendranath Roy
Preconditions of Indian Renaissance
Gandhism - B R Ambedkar
The Doom of the Untouchables
The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam - Muhammad Iqbal
Presidential Address
Congress Presidential Speech - Abul Kalam Azad
Hind Swaraj (Excerpts) - Mohandas Gandhi
Medium of Instruction
The Message of India
A Tryst with Destiny - Jawaharlal Nehru
Our Inheritance
India - Old and New
Synthesis is Our Tradition
National Solidarity
PART TWO: MODERNIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS
Gandhi's Theory of Society and Our Times - A K Saran
Understanding Nehru's Political Ideology - Thomas Pantham
Ethical Imperatives - Rajni Kothari
Cultural Frames for Social Transformation - Ashis Nandy
A Credo
Tradition - Romila Thapar
On Some Aspects of the Historiography of Colonial India - Ranajit Guha
The Oppressive Present - Sudhir Chandra
The Swaraj of India - Ramchandra Gandhi
Why Not Worship in the Nude? Reflections of a Novelist in His Time - V R Anantha Murthy
India and Europe - Nirmal Verma
Some Reflections on Self and Other
Religion and Politics - Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
A Silent Revolution
Women Writing in India - Susie Tharu and K Lalita
PART ONE: COLONIALISM AND THE STRUGGLE FOR NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE
Modern India - Swami Vivekananda
Nationalism in India - Rabindranath Tagore
The Renaissance in India - Sri Aurobindo
The Vedanta and Western Tradition - Ananda K Coomaraswamy
Some of the Basic Principles and Tenets of the Hindu Movement - Vinayak D Savarkar
Freedom - Jiddu Krishnamurti
On Nationalism
Anti-Imperialist Struggle in India - Manavendranath Roy
Preconditions of Indian Renaissance
Gandhism - B R Ambedkar
The Doom of the Untouchables
The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam - Muhammad Iqbal
Presidential Address
Congress Presidential Speech - Abul Kalam Azad
Hind Swaraj (Excerpts) - Mohandas Gandhi
Medium of Instruction
The Message of India
A Tryst with Destiny - Jawaharlal Nehru
Our Inheritance
India - Old and New
Synthesis is Our Tradition
National Solidarity
PART TWO: MODERNIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS
Gandhi's Theory of Society and Our Times - A K Saran
Understanding Nehru's Political Ideology - Thomas Pantham
Ethical Imperatives - Rajni Kothari
Cultural Frames for Social Transformation - Ashis Nandy
A Credo
Tradition - Romila Thapar
On Some Aspects of the Historiography of Colonial India - Ranajit Guha
The Oppressive Present - Sudhir Chandra
The Swaraj of India - Ramchandra Gandhi
Why Not Worship in the Nude? Reflections of a Novelist in His Time - V R Anantha Murthy
India and Europe - Nirmal Verma
Some Reflections on Self and Other
Religion and Politics - Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
A Silent Revolution
Women Writing in India - Susie Tharu and K Lalita