02759nam 2200649 450 991079067830332120210311111955.01-350-22074-41-78032-516-91-78032-093-01-78032-094-910.5040/9781350220744(CKB)2550000001123649(SSID)ssj0001056016(PQKBManifestationID)12441523(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001056016(PQKBWorkID)11037559(PQKB)10966295(MiAaPQ)EBC1426833(Au-PeEL)EBL1426833(CaPaEBR)ebr10771876(CaONFJC)MIL525366(OCoLC)862975007(OCoLC)1241539778(CaBNVSL)9781350220744(EXLCZ)99255000000112364920210311h20212013 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrIndia political ideas and the making of a democratic discourse /Gurpreet MahajanLondon, England :Zed Books,2013.[London, England] :Bloomsbury Publishing,20211 online resource (194 pages)World Political TheoriesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-78032-092-2 1-299-94115-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover -- World Political Theories -- About the author -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- 1 Indian political theory: beyond cultural essentialism -- 2 Equality -- 3 Freedom -- 4 Religion -- 5 Diversity -- 6 The language of democratic discourse -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About Zed Books.In this groundbreaking work, Gurpreet Mahajan draws upon critical debates and political practices to question how the concepts of freedom, equality and difference are layered with new meanings and how religion and state, critical reason and embedded self are understood in the Indian context. Part of Zed's World Political Theories series, this remarkable work that offers a glimpse of the social and political life of contemporary India, and how it differs from the dominant liberal paradigm.World political theories.Political science & theorybicsscIndiaPolitics and government1977-IndiaEconomic policyPolitical science & theory320.954Mahajan Gurpreet1489541NCaBNVSLCaBNVSLBOOK9910790678303321India3710279UNINA