Author: A Appadorai
Publisher: South Asia Publishers
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 228
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8170032865
Description
This book is an introductory survey of political thought in modern India since Dadabhai Naoroji. Before he prepared his survey, Dr Appadorai meticulously collected all the relevant speeches and writings of political leaders on the basis of which the book is written. The result is the first integrated survey of the subject based on original documents.
It discusses such topics as a dependent people’s conception of imperial rule, the Indian thinkers conception of nation, democracy and socialism, ideas on the individual, society and the state as well as on the relation between religion and politics, satyagraha and other political methods and what Indian leaders thought of internationalism and universalism. The concept of total revolution has been considered in detail. Finally, the author discusses the impact of the past on the present, and the relevance of political thinking in modern India to contemporary social and political issues.
Contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTORY
A Dependent People’s Conception of Imperial Rule
Self-Government is Essential for a People
Political Methods
Political Methods II
What is a Nation?
The Individual, Society and the State
Democracy, Freedom and Equality
Socialism, Communism and Sarvodaya
Religion, Politics and Social Progress
Internationalism and Universalism
Total Revolution
The Past and the Present
Biographical Notes
Glossary
Index