Rise of Reason

Intellectual history of 19th-century Maharashtra
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-138-92972-2
Verlag: Routledge India

Buch, Englisch, 354 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 577 g

This book offers one of the first critical evaluations and in-depth analysis of the intellectual movement in Maharashtra in the 19th century. Arguing against the prevalent view that Indian rationality was imported from Europe through the colonial agency, it traces the rational roots of the movement to indigenous intellectual traditions and history. It also questions the centrality assigned to the ‘Bengal Renaissance’ as being the representative of the contemporary intellectual movement in the country.

Strongly grounded in primary research, this volume brings forth many new facts and facets into the scholarly discourse on topics such as the idea of ‘Drain’ and the rise of Indian nationalism, so far seen as a predominantly political process divorced from its cultural dimensions. It re-examines the view that cultural consciousness that preceded political agitation was a separate sphere of activity and suggests that both were integral stages of anti-colonialism in the country. The author maintains that rationalism and nationalism were closely connected as a means-and-end continuum. He also provides a new and substantially different understanding of the 19th-century intellectuals Mahatma Jotirao Phule and Pandita Ramabai among others.

Lucid, accessible and thought provoking, this book will interest scholars and researchers of modern Indian history, Indian political thought, sociology, philosophy and Marathi literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Singh, Hulas

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface 1. Introduction 2. Social Questioning 3. Reason and Religion 4. Rationalism and Nationalism 5. Idea of India to be. Conclusion. Bibliography.

Über Autor(innen)

Hulas Singh is a senior civil servant with the Ministry of Railways, Government of India, a keen researcher and independent scholar. He specialises in the intellectual history of nineteenth-century Maharashtra. He completed his MPhil and PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Presently he is working on a comparative study of Mahatma Jotirao Phule and Babasaheb Ambedkar to bring out aspects of convergence and contrast in their respective approach to society and culture.