Desai, A.R.
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Book Summary of State And Society In India The essays included in this volume have emanated from the authors continuous and critical observation of so
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cial change after Independence It is a critique pointing out the fallacies underlying the theoretical approaches adopted by the dominant scholarship in Social Sciences About the Author A R Desai s life was a rare and exemplary combination of activism and scholarship His was a lifelong commitment and involvement in socialist and democratic causes as a pioneer Marxist theoretician activist for a time in the revolutionary Socialist Party major inspiration for a variety of Marxian Left-and particularly Trotskyian-groups in Bombay and Gujarat This went along with dedicated and rigorous scholarship as sociologist and historian author of numerous highly influential studies on nationalism rural sociology and urbanisation and editor of two important collections on peasant struggles in India
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Research & Essays
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India
Cultural studies
Political control & freedoms
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Publisher
Sangam Books Ltd
Month-Year
Jul, 2000
ISBN
ISBN-13: 9788171541133
ISBN-10: 8171541135
Language
English
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Format
Hardcover
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