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The argumentative Indian: writings on Indian history, culture and identity

The argumentative Indian: writings on Indian history, culture and identity
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ISBN 9780713996876 (hardcover)
Author Sen, Amartya 1933-
Title The argumentative Indian : writings on Indian history, culture and identity / Amartya Sen
Publisher London : Penguin, 2005
Physical desc. xx, 409 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Note Donation.
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Part 1: Voice and heterodoxy. The argumentative Indian -- Inequality, instability and voice -- India: large and small -- The diaspora and the world -- Part 2: Culture and communication. Tagore and his India -- Our culture, their culture -- Indian traditions and the Western imagination -- China and India -- Part 3: Politics and protest. Tryst with destiny -- Class in India -- Women and men -- India and the bomb -- Part 4: Reason and identity. The reach of reason -- Secularism and its discontents -- India through its calendars -- The Indian identity.
Subject India -- History
India -- Civilization
India -- Social life and customs
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