Key Concepts in Modern Indian Studies / / Rachel Dwyer; ed. by Gita Dharampal-Frick, Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach, Jahnavi Phalkey.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Dwyer, Rachel,
• HerausgeberIn: Dharampal-Frick, Gita,; Kirloskar-Steinbach, Monika,; Phalkey, Jahnavi,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Modern Indian studies have recently become a site for new, creative, and thought-provoking debates extending over a broad canvas of crucial issues. As a result of socio-political transformations, certain concepts-such as ahimsa, caste, darshan, and race-have taken on different meanings. Bringing together ideas, issues, and debates salient to modern Indian studies, this volume charts the social, cultural, political, and economic processes at work in the Indian subcontinent. Authored by internationally recognized experts, this volume comprises over one hundred individual entries on concepts central to their respective fields of specialization, highlighting crucial issues and debates in a lucid and concise manner. Each concept is accompanied by a critical analysis of its trajectory and a succinct discussion of its significance in the academic arena as well as in the public sphere. Enhancing the shared framework of understanding about the Indian subcontinent, Key Concepts in Modern Indian Studies will provide the reader with insights into vital debates about the region, underscoring the compelling issues emanating from colonialism and postcolonialism.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Adab -- Adivasi -- Ahimsa -- Ambedkarite -- Anglo-Indians -- Aryan -- Atman -- Ayurveda -- Bazaar -- Bhadralok/Bhadramahila -- Bhakti -- Bhoodan/Gramdan -- Biopiracy -- Biradari -- Bollywood -- Business Rajahs -- Caste -- Colonial (and Postcolonial) Education and Language Policies -- Communalism -- Cow Protection -- Dalit -- Darshan -- Democracy -- Development -- Dharavi -- Dharma in the Hindu Epics -- Dowry -- Drain of Wealth -- Dravidian -- Emergency -- Environment -- Family Planning/Population Control -- Feminism -- Freedom -- Gandhian -- Girangaon -- Girangaon -- Green Revolution -- Hijra -- Hindi/Hindustani -- Hindu Reform Movements in British India -- Hindutva -- Imam -- Iman -- Indian Ocean -- Indian Philosophy -- Indian Uprising of 1857 -- Integration -- Itihasa -- Izzat -- Kaliyuga -- Kashmiriyat -- Khadi -- Khalifa/Khalifat/Khilafat -- Khalistan -- Khandaan -- Knowledge Formation -- Kumbh Mela -- Land Revenue/Land Reform -- Language -- Language -- Litigation -- Malabar -- Mandal Commission -- Manuvad -- Maoist Movement (Naxalites) -- Metro -- Middle Class -- Monsoon -- Mughal/Mughlai -- Muslim Religious Reform Movements -- Nationalism -- New Social Movements -- Nehruvian -- Nonalignment -- NRI -- Panchayati Raj -- Pandit -- Partition -- Plantation Labour -- Political Economy -- Postcolonialism -- Poverty -- Qawm -- Quit India Movement -- Race -- Radicalism -- Raj -- Religion -- Sahitya -- Samachar -- Samaj -- Samvad -- Sanskrit -- Science -- Secularism -- Self-Respect Movement -- Seven Sisters -- Strategic Enclave -- Subaltern -- Sufi -- Swadeshi -- Swaraj -- Theosophy -- Unani Medicine -- Vegetarianism -- Zenana -- Bibliography -- Note on Editors