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The Idea of India
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- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780374525910
- Book Title
- Idea of India
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Publication Year
- 1999
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Genre
- History, Social Science, Political Science
- Topic
- Sociology / General, Asia / India & South Asia, World / Asian
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 13.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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The key book on India in the postnuclear era, with a new Introduction by the author.Our appreciation of the importance of India can only increase in light of the recent revelations of its nuclear capabilities. Sunil Khilnani's exciting, timely study addresses the paradoxes and ironies of this, the world's largest democracy. Throughout his penetrating, provocative work, he illuminates this fundamental issue: Can the original idea of India survive its own successes?
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374525919
ISBN-13
9780374525910
eBay Product ID (ePID)
712653
Product Key Features
Book Title
Idea of India
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Sociology / General, Asia / India & South Asia, World / Asian
Publication Year
1999
Genre
History, Social Science, Political Science
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
13.2 Oz
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"A splid-and timely-book . . . Spirited, combative and insight-filled . . . Khilnani has woven a rich analysis of contemporary India and its evolution since indepence. I am inclined to agree with [him] on the robustness and staying power of the secular idea of India." -- Amartya Sen, The Times Literary Supplement "A masterful rebuttal to all cultural romantics and religious chauvinists . . . [A] splid book about definitions of the Indian nation." -- Ian Buruma, The New York Review of Books "Especially brilliant is Khilnani's attempt to understand the changing nature of India by studying its urban constructs." -- Chitra Divakaruni, Los Angeles Times Book Review, A masterful rebuttal to all cultural romantics and religious chauvinists . . . [A] splid book about definitions of the Indian nation., A splid-and timely-book . . . Spirited, combative and insight-filled . . . Khilnani has woven a rich analysis of contemporary India and its evolution since indepence. I am inclined to agree with [him] on the robustness and staying power of the secular idea of India., Especially brilliant is Khilnani's attempt to understand the changing nature of India by studying its urban constructs., "A splid-and timely-book . . . Spirited, combative and insight-filled . . . Khilnani has woven a rich analysis of contemporary India and its evolution since indepence. I am inclined to agree with [him] on the robustness and staying power of the secular idea of India." --Amartya Sen, The Times Literary Supplement "A masterful rebuttal to all cultural romantics and religious chauvinists . . . [A] splid book about definitions of the Indian nation." --Ian Buruma, The New York Review of Books "Especially brilliant is Khilnani's attempt to understand the changing nature of India by studying its urban constructs." --Chitra Divakaruni, Los Angeles Times Book Review
Dewey Decimal
954.04
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
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