{"title":"Political Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore philosophical perspectives on politics, society, governance, justice, power, and the ideas that shape public life. 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Two go hand in hand in popular thinking.  We believe that the answer to our problems is always more democracy.  More democracy means more freedom.  But does it? At a time when democracy is the one political system whose legitimacy is unquestioned, this deeply important book points out the tension between democracy and freedom.  It ranges widely through the past and  the present to remind us that we can have too much of a good thing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn many people's minds, American democracy is the model for the rest of the world.  Fareed Zakaria points out that the American form of democracy is one of the least democratic in use today.  American government today is more democratic than ever before - and also more dysfunctional.  As he examines the world's other great democracies such as those in India and Britain, he comes up with equally arresting insights. For example, he argues that in many parts of the world, the spread of democracy has not produced a corresponding growth in liberty. From Russia to Venezuela to the Palestinian Authority, we see instead a strange creature - the elected autocrat.  Societies, particularly in the Arab world, are trapped between repressive dictatorships and fanatical masses.  Is there a way out?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is.  Fareed Zakaria argues that by restricting our democracy, we enhance our freedom and calls for a restoration of the balance between liberty and democracy.  He shows how liberal democracy has to be made effective and relevant for our times.  Woodrow Wilson said the challenge of the twentieth century was to make the world safe for democracy.  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True to the subtitle of the book, the author offers analyses and interpretations of the basic social institutions, processes, their changing forms of interaction and the resulting values with special reference to India. In the themes covered in this book, disciplines like Philosophy, History, Ethnography and Ethics are perspectively interwoven. In his exposition the author goes deep into the ideas of many influential Indian and Western thinkers of different ages-ancient, medieval and modern.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book provides a definitive re-statement of Chattopadhyaya’s research and thought for the last forty-five years. 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Written immediately after Lenin’s death in 1924, and thus on the cusp of a period of bureaucratic reaction in the Communist movement, it consists of the reflections of the most important Marxist philosopher of the twentieth century on the thought of the most significant Marxist politician of the century. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn sharp contrast to contemporary and later characterisations of Lenin either as a cynical and shallow opportunist or as a source of readymade dogmas and formulae, Georg Lukács restored to Lenin’s thought its true intellectual and political stature. Bringing to bear the concepts of totality, concreteness and the dialectic that he had developed in his masterwork History and Class Consciousness, Lukács convincingly demonstrated that the key conceptual innovations in Lenin’s political thought-the revolutionary alliance of the proletariat and the peasantry, the role of the vanguard party, the analysis of imperialism and national liberation movements, the state was a weapon of class struggle and the unifying force of the Soviets-constituted fundamental ruptures with the mechanical fatalism that had hitherto characterized official Marxism. 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Noting the complexity of humanitarian intervention by military powers, he opposes the return to a \" logic of war\" and calls for the strengthening of peaceful, political means of conflict resolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeveloping themes suggested in his earlier Risk book – To Be The Church, Raiser calls on the ecumenical movement and its partners to demonstrate through their witness, service and ministry of reconciliation a caring for life amid an age of globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTRANSFORMING GLOBALIZATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlobalization: The Concept and Its meaning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistorical Roots of Globalization\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlobal Capitalism: A Critical Assessment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDemocratizing the International Order\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCan Religion “civilize” Globalization?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Ecumenical Vision: An Alternative?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTOWARDS A CULTURE OF RECONCILIATION AND PEACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReconsidering Peace and Justice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOvercoming Violence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs the “Clash of Civilization” Unavoidable?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHuman Rights: Foundation for a Culture of Peace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReconciliation: A Challenge to the Churches\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMORAL AND SPRITUAL FORMATION FOR A CULTURE OF LIFE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTransforming Globalization and Violence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoral and Spiritual Formation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Vision of the Oikoumene\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Konard Raiser \/ ISPCK \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776413741225,"sku":"17452","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/17452_4e8e002a-532f-4a9e-bb2a-08f197d86708.jpg?v=1625496605"},{"product_id":"18255-secularism-communalism-and-the-intellectuals","title":"Secularism, Communalism and the Intellectuals","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Zaheer Baber\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Three Essays\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2006\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 99\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 818878947X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese essays focus on the role of fashionable critiques and smug dismissals of secularism and modernity, and the unqualified defense of so-called indigenous traditions in providing intellectual support for the discourse of Hindutva.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEW\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZaheer Baber’s stern indictment of antisecular intellectuals should promote a revival of genuine Indian Sociology rather than their unimaginative Indology. 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But the Gandhians who are described (or ridiculed) in the literature of the Independence era …even though they have selflessly dedicated their lives to the Gandhian cause are not the sum total of Gandhism…an active and vibrant Gandhism is still alive among the young of the country; among those who have returned to the basics of constructive work in the villages, who have taken the Mahatma’s last will and testament seriously…the future of Indian Gandhism is in their hands. Long live Gandhi!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs India celebrates the centenary of Mahatma Gandhi’s Satyagraha movement, it is more than ever that the world realizes the failure of violence to achieve anything, anywhere. 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Long Live Gandhi - The Post-Gandhi Gandhian Movement in India\u003cbr\u003eGandhi, Deep Ecology, Peace Research and Buddhist Economics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBIBLIOGRAPHY\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Thomas Weber \/ Roli Books \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40776445329577,"sku":"19483","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/19483_faa4bc87-d3ae-4463-8f89-37c14f96d5eb.jpg?v=1625526343"},{"product_id":"19857-the-politics-of-everyday-life-making-choices-changing-lives","title":"The Politics of Everyday Life - Making Choices, Changing Lives","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Paul Ginsborg\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2006\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 214\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0143100599\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConcern over the tensions and disparities prevalent in the world today fosters in many people the uneasy combination of two sensations: those of urgency and powerlessness. We feel that something must be done before it is too late, but have little idea of what we as individuals, or as families, or as groups of friends, can possibly do to stem the tide.\u003cbr\u003eThe Politics of Everyday Life explores the options civil society and the individual have within today’s political culture, offering a strong critique of the prevailing model of modernity in developed countries—one that is being exported and imposed on the rest of the world. We must rethink the choices we make on a day-to-day basis—the ways we use our time, our family lives, the sorts of goods and services we consume, and the quality of democracy that we are able to exercise. The solution, says Ginsborg, lies in our own hands.\u003cbr\u003eREVIEWS\u003cbr\u003eGinsborg is never judgemental, though he is devastatingly thorough and occasionally mischievously witty.\u003cbr\u003e-Times Literary Supplement \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Attractive and imaginative work.\u003cbr\u003e-Times Literary Supplement\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGinsborg, argues, with lots of vivid detail, that participatory democracy is an essential complement to representative democracy.\u003cbr\u003e-Timothy Garton Ash, Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe can’t go on like this\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndividuals, Choice and Consumer Capitalism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFamilies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Possibilities of Civil Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaking Democracy Work\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINDEX\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Paul Ginsborg \/ Penguin \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776466825385,"sku":"19857","price":22.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/19857_8152eedb-d5d2-43f9-9754-362661b633be.jpg?v=1625517147"},{"product_id":"22054-gandhi-and-beyond-nonviolence-for-an-age-of-terrorism","title":"Gandhi and Beyond - Nonviolence for an Age of Terrorism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: David Cortright\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Viva Books\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2007\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 265\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8130904756\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNonviolence is nice in theory, but is it really practical?  Are the beliefs and principles of Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. still relevant? Is nonviolence possible in a world gripped by the feat of terrorism? Will nonviolence work against adversaries without conscience, who deny every form of legal redress? What about Malcolm X's claim that nonviolence is too weak? Are more forceful methods of protest, as such sabotage and street trashing, justified in the struggle against corporate globalization?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe tsunami of hyper-militarization that held much the United States in its grip in the years right after 9\/11 has finally started to recede, leaving more questions than before about how people can respond effectively and in non-violence ways to the violence to our age, and how we can build a better world that takes away the cause for war.  Cortight helps provide some good answers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn attempting to respond to these challenges, Cortright found a deeper meaning to nonviolence.  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It was felt for a long time that there is a need to put the record straight and bring out the basics of RSS philosophy before the public.  An opinion or image about any individual or organization should not be formed on the basis of heresy, assumptions and presumptions.  The book ‘Guruji and Social Harmony’ written by Justice Dr. M Rama Jois is a commendable step in the right direction to meet this objective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJustice Dr. M. Rama Jois has an opportunity not only to practice the philosophy of RSS but he was also fortunate to have been personally acquainted with venerable Guru Golwarkar.  He has closely examined the activities of RSS and had observed the practical implementation of its philosophy.  Thus whatever points Dr. Jois sets forth in his thesis emanate from his own core beliefs and personal convictions.  He had seen the first hand good work of RSS not only in India but also abroad in the countries like England, Mauritius, South Africa and Kenya.  He is a legal luminary and held prestigious and enviable post such as Governor of Bihar, Judge of the Karnataka High Court, Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High court.  No one else world have been more appropriate a person to pen a book on this subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter no. 1 \u003cbr\u003eDHARMA – BASIS FOR SOCIAL \u003cbr\u003eHARMONY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter no. 2\u003cbr\u003eOUR CULTURAL NATIONALISM\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eChapter no. 3 \u003cbr\u003eBHARATAMATA COMMON DEITY \u003cbr\u003eFOR OUR WORSHIP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter no. 4 \u003cbr\u003eHAPPINESS FOR ALL TO \u003cbr\u003eSECURE SOCIAL HARMONY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter no. 5 \u003cbr\u003eEQUALLITY AND FRATERNITY – FOUNDATION \u003cbr\u003eFOR SOCIAL HARMONY, UNTOUCHABILITY \u003cbr\u003eA SOCIAL MALADY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter no. 6 \u003cbr\u003eALL OUR LANGUAGES ARE \u003cbr\u003eNATIONAL LANGUAGES – HINDI \u003cbr\u003eIS A COMMON LANGUAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter no. 7 \u003cbr\u003eRSS – AN OPE FIELD UNIVERSITY \u003cbr\u003eOF NATIONAL EDUCATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter no. 8 \u003cbr\u003eRSS SHAKHA A CRUCIBLE TO \u003cbr\u003eREMOVE SOCIAL IMPURITIES \u003cbr\u003eAND A CENTRE FOR SAMSKARA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter no. 9 \u003cbr\u003ePANORAMIC VIEW OF \u003cbr\u003eSEVA ACTIVITIES OF RSS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter no. 10 \u003cbr\u003eSILENT SOCIAL REVOLUTION \u003cbr\u003eBY RSS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter no. 11\u003cbr\u003eGURUJI AND THE CONSTITUTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter no. 12\u003cbr\u003eCOMMON CODE OF CULTURAL \u003cbr\u003eVALUES TO ALL BHARATEEYAS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBiodata of Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"M Rama Jois \/ Guruji Janamashabi Samiti\/Suruchi \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776488845481,"sku":"22080","price":11.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/22080_3b7663e0-e1cc-4292-a2de-08f3d02c760a.jpg?v=1625498117"},{"product_id":"22083-coming-to-terms-with-nature-socialist-register-2007","title":"Coming to Terms with Nature - Socialist Register 2007","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Leo Panitch\u003cbr\u003eColin Leys\/\u003cbr\u003eTranslator(s)\/ Edito: Leo Panitch \/ Colin Leys\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: LeftWord\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2006\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 363\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 818749669X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis, the 43rd volume of the Socialist Register, has been one of the most challenging to put together, even though-or because-it deals with what may well prove to be the most important issue facing socialists in our life-time.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is not just a matter of the complex science and technology involved in understanding the looming environmental crisis, or the variety of problems involved.  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M.M.Thomas and Bishop Paulose Mar Paulose, two outstanding theologians in India, used some of the humanizing insights of Marxian philosophy to humanize Christian theology for the liberation of the society by transforming the dehumanizing structures. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis monograph tries to develop the theology of humanization with the help of humanizing insights of Marxian Philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDedication\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 1:\u003cbr\u003ePhilosophy of Marx as a Philosophy of \u003cbr\u003eHumanisation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 2:\u003cbr\u003eInfluence of Marx on Paulose Mar Paulose \u003cbr\u003eIn Developing a Theology of Humanisation \u003cbr\u003eIn India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER 3:\u003cbr\u003eInfluence of Marx on M.M. 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Seven leading Marxist scholars lay out the conceptual framework of Capital as well as investigate its various themes in essays written specially for this Reader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoreover, each of the authors has taken care to not limit him\/herself to only preliminary explication of concepts, and has also gone into matters of advanced theory. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe volume as a whole also has a broadly similar trajectory — the first couple of essays lay the foundation, the middle four essays graduate from basic concepts to theoretical discussion and debates, and the last essay does not go into basic concepts at all, but applies the method of Capital to theorise about contemporary capitalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis introductory Reader, then, does two things: it equips new readers with the basic conceptual keys that could unlock the vast treasure trove of Marx’s analysis and insights, as well as offering fresh insights into Marx’s magnificent work to the initiated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublisher’s Note \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.\tReading Capital by VENKATESH ATHREYA\u003cbr\u003e2.\tWriting Capital by VIJAY PRASHAD\u003cbr\u003e3.\tReading Capital in the Age of Finance by JAYATI GHOSH\u003cbr\u003e4.\tAgriculture and Rural Society in Capital by R. 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Employing interdisciplinary methodologies, the author carefully explores four distinct but interrelated themes, each of which contributes to a holistic understanding of the book’s main concern.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first chapter delves into the context and text of Gandhi’s religiously shape views on agricultural development, while Chapter 2 analyzes the essential relationship between agricultural development and Gandhi’s religious perspectives. An exhaustive review of planned agricultural development in India during the period 1951-1947 is provided in the next chapter. Chapter 4 evaluates the relevance of both Gandhian experiments and various current alternatives. In conclusion, Vivek Pinto explicitly demonstrates ways in which it is possible to effect the social transformation of agriculture and other sectors of the Indian economy in accordance with Gandhi’s vision of an India which struggles for true swaraj.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis morally challenging work will be of direct interest to students and scholars belonging to a diverse range of disciplines including agriculture, economics, politics, ethics, peace and nonviolence, history, and religious studies. 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This book provides a careful and wide-ranging assessment of the notion of justice in the Marxist tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVidhu Verma argues that Marx’s analysis of exploitation provides a fruitful starting point for analyzing current social conflicts, especially since he highlighted specific non-distributive issues which form part of the agenda of on-going struggles for democratization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr Verma reflects on Marx’s ideas on formal justice, equality, community, distributive (material) and non-distributive (e.g., health and education) issues, and oppression and exploitation of social structures. She discusses three main themes: Marx’s theory of justice; disagreements about what justice is as reflected in the different politics of social change, and the relevance of Marx’s theory in the contemporary world in which new social movements-such as the peace, ecological, women’s and ethnic-based movements-have looked to forge new conceptions of justice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOverall, this significant theoretical treatise substantively demonstrates how a reinterpretation of Marx’s theory is relevant for understanding the multiple forms of oppression confronted by contemporary social groups. 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This is the kind of collection that gives intellectuals a good name.\u003cbr\u003e                                                                                     —Man’s World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike a consummate magician, Guha pulls out many rabbits from his hat … Described variously as a sociologist, historian biographer, cricket writer, this book (by Guha) is wonderful showcase for his interests.\u003cbr\u003e                                                                                     —The Indian Express\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOMRADES AND COMPANIONS\u003cbr\u003eAn Anthropologist Among the Marxists\u003cbr\u003eAndhra Naxalite, Indian Democrat: C.V. Subbarao\u003cbr\u003eRooted Cosmopolitan: D. R. Nagaraj\u003cbr\u003eThe Last Civilian: C.S. Venkatachar\u003cbr\u003eThe Buddha of Parade’s: P.K. 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Chandoke exposes the theoretical shortcomings of secularism and examines its relation to normative political ideas such as democracy, equality, and rights. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a vital contribution to the public discourse on minority rights and is essential for political scientists, sociologists, philosophers, and student of political theory and Indian politics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEXCERPTS FROM REVIEWS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book has provided us with a most useful presentation of the central problems of ensuring justice and equality to minorities without being mired in the politics of minorities.\u003cbr\u003e-Madhavan K Palat, Biblo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a theorist, she raises the level of discussion on the subject.. Anyone who has a stake in the survival of our secular society will do well to read it.\u003cbr\u003e- Mushroom Has an, Hindu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe writes in the grand tradition of political theory, coupled with a discerning knowledge of contemporary political philosophy.. For serious students of Indian politics and political theory, it is a must.\u003cbr\u003e- Thomas Pantham, Interventions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is a veritable journey through the literature on democratic theory, an erudite exposition of writings on how best to live a life of dignity.\u003cbr\u003e- Javeed Alam, Indian Economic and Social History Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReligious and Political Communities in India\u003cbr\u003eApproaching Minority Rights: Some Perspectives\u003cbr\u003e]Grounding Minority Rights in the Democratic Principle\u003cbr\u003eGrounding Minority Rights in the Principles of Substantive Equality\u003cbr\u003eThinking Through Rights I: The discontent with Rights\u003cbr\u003eThinking Through Rights II: A Theoretical Exploration\u003cbr\u003eThinking Through Rights II: Some Questions, Some Considerations\u003cbr\u003eOf Communities and Cultures: An Exploration\u003cbr\u003eThe Individual and Community\u003cbr\u003eNegotiating Collective and Individual Rights\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Wrapping up the Argument Synoptically\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Neera Chandhoke \/ Oxford University Press \/ Paperback","offer_id":40785868259497,"sku":"9663","price":27.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/9663.jpg?v=1625530493"},{"product_id":"18140-resistible-rise-a-fascism-reader","title":"Resistible Rise - A Fascism Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003e Shipping Note: This item usually arrives at your doorstep in 10-15 days\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Margit Koves\u003cbr\u003eShaswati Mazumdar\/\u003cbr\u003eEditor(s): Margit Koves \/ Shaswati Mazumdar\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: LeftWord\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2005\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 325\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8187496517\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe phenomenon of movements and organizations with chauvinist agendas finding their way into parliaments and in some cases into governments is a striking feature of our times, even though the current world context and the forces that drive it are not quite the same as those that first gave birth to fascism. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat factors underlie the rise of contemporary fascist tendencies? Can the investigation of how and why fascism initially emerged, of the forces that gave it sustenance and ensured its victory, help in understanding the nature of the contemporary tendencies? Though different in important ways from the period in which fascism first gained ascendancy, the contemporary world nevertheless shares many of the features that initially provided fascism with its raison d'être. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Reader offers a selection of writings from the postwar and inter-war period by left-wing scholars, political figures and critics of culture with the hope of encouraging reflection and debate. The predominant focus is on German Fascism, but the selection includes pieces on Italy, Hungary, postwar America. It attempts to give an account of the major issues in Marxist debates on Fascism and to also provide a sense of the changing political pressures and constraints in which these debates took place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eABBREVIATIONS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARGIT KOVES AND SHASWATI MAZUMDAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSection One\u003cbr\u003eTowards a Marxist Theory of Fascism and National Socialism: A Report on Developments in West Germany\u003cbr\u003e‘Holocaust’-Research in Germany: From 1945 to the Goldhagen Debate \u003cbr\u003eEconomy and Politics in the Destruction of the Weimar Republic\u003cbr\u003eTerror and Demagoguery in the Consolidation of the Fascist Dictatorship in Germany, 1933-34\u003cbr\u003eIntention and Explanation: A Current Controversy About the Interpretation of National Socialism\u003cbr\u003eThe Fascism of Our Times\u003cbr\u003eOn Fascism\u003cbr\u003eThe Struggle Against Fascism\u003cbr\u003eOn the Question of Fascism\u003cbr\u003eOn Fascism\u003cbr\u003eBlum-Theses\u003cbr\u003eThe Working Class Against Fascism\u003cbr\u003eFascism Against the Working Class\u003cbr\u003eSection Three\u003cbr\u003eSummary Transition: Non-Contemporaneity and Obligation to Its Dialectic\u003cbr\u003eThe Fascist Falsification of Goethe\u003cbr\u003eA Necessary Observation on the Struggle Against Barbarism\u003cbr\u003eBrief Chronology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE AUTHORS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINDEX\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Margit Koves \/ LeftWord \/ Hardcover","offer_id":40789239267497,"sku":"18140","price":39.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/18140.jpg?v=1625569711"}],"url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/de\/collections\/political-philosophy.oembed","provider":"The India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}