During recent decades, research on India has gone through a number of changesin focus and perspective. To name but a few examples, there has been a changein emphasis from the past to the present, from the worldview of the élites tothat of the subalterns, from philosophy to everyday life, from hierarchy to the critiques of hierarchy and the sources of equality in Indian culture. However, more dramatic than the changes in the focus of research have been the changes in Indian society itself. Urbanization, the liberalization and globalization of the economy, the IT revolution, the success of the global Indian diaspora, the affirmation of religious identities and reaffirmation of ancient world views, reinterpretations of history, new medias and transnational megagurus, and new political landscapes denote just some of these processes. This collection from Routledge focuses on this shift by collecting and organizing the very best scholarship on modern Indian culture and society. As the world’s largest democracy emerges as an economic and cultural superpower, there is an increased need for knowledge about it. This four-volume work answers that need by making the most important, exciting and original recent writings on central dimensions of modern Indian culture and society readily accessible.
- ISBN: 978-0-415-45219-9
- Editorial: Routledge
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 1760
- Fecha Publicación: 09/06/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés