Democracy, Diaspora, Dalit, & Development

Democratic Culture: Historical and Philosophical Essays (Critical Interventions in Theory and Praxis) by Akeel Bilgrami (Jan 25, 2011)

A collection of essays by distinguished scholars, this book delineates a substantial conception of democracy, the great promise as well as the pitfalls of a democratic mentality and culture. These essays go beyond the institutional and formal descriptions of democracy to its underlying cultural context — expressed both historically and analytically, descriptively and normatively. About the Author: Akeel Bilgrami is at present Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Heyman Centre for the Humanities at Columbia University. He has written extensively on philosophy of mind and language as well as on political and moral psychology. 

He is the author of Belief and Meaning (1992), Self-Knowledge and Resentment (2006), Politics and the Moral Psychology of Identity (forthcoming), What Is a Muslim? (forthcoming), and Gandhi’s Integrity (forthcoming).

Wronging Rights?: Philosophical Challenges for Human Rights (Ethics, Human Rights and Global Political Thought) by Aakash Singh Rathore and Alex Cistelecan (Jan 11, 2011)

History and the Making of a Modern Hindu Self by Aparna Devare (Nov 25, 2010)

Nation, Diaspora, Trans-nation: Reflections from India by R. K. Jain (Nov 25, 2010)

Being Brahmin, Being Modern: Exploring the Lives of Caste Today by Ramesh Bairy(Aug 25, 2010)

Religion, Community and Development: Changing Contours of Politics and Policy in India (Religion and Citizenship) by Gurpreet Mahajan and Surinder S. Jodhka (Jul 22, 2010)

Theories of Value from Adam Smith to Piero Sraffa by Ajit Sinha (Jul 22, 2010)

Grounding Morality: Freedom, Knowledge and the Plurality of Cultures by Jyotirmaya Sharma and A. Raghuramaraju (Jul 21, 2010)

Put together to honour one of the most influential philosophers in recent times, Mrinal Miri, this book brings together articles on philosophy, politics, literature and society, and updates the status of enquiry in each of these fields. In his philosophical writings, Miri has broken the stranglehold that early training has on academics and written on a range of themes and areas, including analytical philosophy, political philosophy, tribal identity, ethics and, more recently, an abiding engagement with the ideas of Gandhi.

The articles in this volume mirror some of Miri’s concerns and philosophical interests, but go beyond the format of a festschrift, as they seek to enhance and restate themes in moral philosophy, ethics, questions of identity, Gandhi’s philosophy, and offer a fresh perspective on themes such as secularism, religion and politics. About the Authors: Jyotirmaya Sharma is Professor of Political Science, University of Hyderabad. A. Raghuramaraju is Professor of Philosophy, University of Hyderabad.

History, Masculinity and the Amar Chitra Katha by Deepa Sreenivas (Apr 15, 2010)

M. N. Roy: Marxism and Colonial Cosmopolitanism (Pathfinders) by Kris Manjapra(Apr 15, 2010)

Indias Middle Class: New Forms of Urban Leisure, Consumption and Prosperity (Cities and the Urban Imperative) by Christiane Brosius (Apr 14, 2010)

Ritual Matters: Dynamic Dimensions in Practice by Ute Husken and Christiane Brosius(Apr 14, 2010)

Retro-modern India: Forging the Low-caste Self (Exploring the Political in South Asia) by Manuela Ciotti (Apr 14, 2010)
The Alternate Nation of Abanindranath Tagore by Debashish Banerji (Jan 7, 2010)