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The twenty stimulating and original essays in this volume provide a comprehensive analysis of the main strands of modern Indian political thought.
The thinkers discussed are Rammohun Roy, Dayananda Saraswati, Bankimchandra Chat topadhyay, Ranade, Phule, Tilak, B.R. Ambedkar, Tagore, Sri Aurobindo, M.N. Roy, Jawaharlal Nehru and Gandhi. Separate essays are devoted to the Hindu and Muslim traditions in Indian political thought, Hindu. nationalism, and the ideologies of the Com munist and Sarvodaya movements. A significant feature of these essays is that they study each thinker or movement in the relevant socio-historical context as also examine the consequences and impact of modern Indian political theories. These are analysed from a world-historical and, to some extent, a political economy perspective.
The essays in this collection highlight two major streams in modern Indian political thought-one which favoured the adoption or adaptation of western political traditions and the other which sought to evolve indigenous or alternative formulations. The overall conclusion that emerges from this volume is that in order to formulate an adequate political philosophy for the modern age, both the western and Indian traditions have to be taken into account. In this context, some of the essays highlight the contemporary global relevance of Gandhi's socio-political ideas.
This book is a major contribution to modem political philosophy. It will be of great value to students and teachers of political science.