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Righteous Republic : The Political Foundations of Modern India.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (369 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674067288
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Righteous RepublicDDC classification:
  • 320.0954
LOC classification:
  • JA84
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface: The Search for the Self in Modern India -- Introduction: Swaraj, the Self's Sovereignty -- 1. Mohandas Gandhi: Ahimsa, the Self 's Orie -- 2. Rabindranath Tagore: Viraha, the Self 's Longing -- 3. Abanindranath Tagore: Samvega, the Self 's Shock -- 4. Jawaharlal Nehru: Dharma, the Self's Aspiration,and Artha, the Self 's Purpose -- 5. Bhimrao Ambedkar: Duhkha, the Self's Burden -- Conclusion: The Sovereign Self, Its Sources and Shapes -- Appendixes -- A: The Indexical Complexity of Tagore's Meghdut -- B: Thirteenth Rock Edict of Aqoka -- C: The State Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act, 2005 -- D: From Ambedkar's Published Introduction toThe Buddha and His Dhamma -- E: From "Gospel of Equality: The Buddha and the Future of His Religion," 1950 -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Summary: What India's founders derived from Western political traditions is widely understood. Less well-known is how India's own rich knowledge traditions of 2,500 years influenced these men. Ananya Vajpeyi furnishes this missing account, showing how five founders turned to classical texts to fashion an original sense of Indian selfhood.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface: The Search for the Self in Modern India -- Introduction: Swaraj, the Self's Sovereignty -- 1. Mohandas Gandhi: Ahimsa, the Self 's Orie -- 2. Rabindranath Tagore: Viraha, the Self 's Longing -- 3. Abanindranath Tagore: Samvega, the Self 's Shock -- 4. Jawaharlal Nehru: Dharma, the Self's Aspiration,and Artha, the Self 's Purpose -- 5. Bhimrao Ambedkar: Duhkha, the Self's Burden -- Conclusion: The Sovereign Self, Its Sources and Shapes -- Appendixes -- A: The Indexical Complexity of Tagore's Meghdut -- B: Thirteenth Rock Edict of Aqoka -- C: The State Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act, 2005 -- D: From Ambedkar's Published Introduction toThe Buddha and His Dhamma -- E: From "Gospel of Equality: The Buddha and the Future of His Religion," 1950 -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

What India's founders derived from Western political traditions is widely understood. Less well-known is how India's own rich knowledge traditions of 2,500 years influenced these men. Ananya Vajpeyi furnishes this missing account, showing how five founders turned to classical texts to fashion an original sense of Indian selfhood.

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