| ID | 092220 |
| Title Proper | Taking a step back |
| Other Title Information | revisiting studies of Indian politics |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Ashar, Meera |
| Publication | 2009. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | How is it that the accumulating corpus of knowledge, deriving from two centuries of imperial involvement, has not proved a firmer foundation for modern political studies?1
Why-despite a rich body of work built up over more than a century by a number of eminent theorists-do the goings-on of Indian politics elude theorisation? Is the conceptual grid that provides intelligibility to the categories conventionally used to understand and theorise Indian politics-civil society, nation-state, democracy and citizenship-meaningful in the context of India's historical experience? If not, can it really be said that India's political experience constitutes an alternative model? This paper will argue that the root of the problem can be located in the failure of the systems of representation inherited from the colonialists and the Orientalists to relate meaningfully to the Indian context. |
| `In' analytical Note | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies Vol. 32, No. 3; Dec 2009: p.533 - 552 |
| Journal Source | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies Vol. 32, No. 3; Dec 2009: p.533 - 552 |
| Key Words | Indian Politics ; Civil Society ; Nation - State ; Citizenship ; Democracy ; India |