Social and Religious Reform

The Hindus of British India

Buch | Softcover

248 Seiten

2011
OUP India (Verlag)
978-0-19-567702-7 (ISBN)

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The book identifies the major issues within the history of socio-religious reform among Hindus in modern times that grew into passionate public debates and in turn became its critical determinants. Sen begins by attempting to define the very concept of 'reform', and in doing so highlights the debates that have emerged around such a definition. He then includes essays that examine the tenuous relationship between reform and revival. The third section of the book highlights debates surrounding reform movements for women and the lower castes. Finally, the essays in the last section situate 'reform' and social change in modern India.

The unique characteristic about this particular volume in the Series is the inclusion of numerous essays written at the same time as these reform movements. The volume thus includes writings and speeches by well-known personalities such as Swami Vivekananda, Lajpat Rai, Bankim Chandra, Raja Rammohan Roy, K.T.Telang, Aurobindo Ghosh, M.G.Ranade, Rabindranath Tagore, Mahatma Gandhi, B.R. Ambedkar and many others. Amiya P. Sen's introduction places the various points of debate in context and also tries to formulate an acceptable definition of 'reform' in the given context. This edition also carries a small note by the volume editor addressing various criticisms of the reviewers, and critics.

Amiya P. Sen is Reader, Department of History, Deshbandu College, University of Delhi

VOLUME EDITOR'S PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION ; GENERAL EDITORS' PREFACE ; VOLUME EDITOR'S PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; PART I: INTRODUCTION ; PART II: THE CONCEPTUAL NUANCES OF REFORM ; THE DEBATE OVER STRATEGIES ; THE TYPOLOGIES OF REFORM AND REVIVAL ; IMPERATIVES WITHIN SOCIAL REFORM ; DEBATES IN HISTORY, DEBATES ON HISTORY: SITUATING 'RENAISSANCE', 'REFORM' AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN MODERN INDIA ; APPENDIX A ; APPENDIX B ; INDEX.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.11.2011
Reihe/Serie	Debates in Indian History
Verlagsort	New Delhi
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 215 mm
Gewicht	280 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
ISBN-10	0-19-567702-1 / 0195677021
ISBN-13	978-0-19-567702-7 / 9780195677027
Zustand	Neuware