Sources of Indian Tradition Modern India and Pakistan

Name: Sources of Indian Tradition Modern India and Pakistan
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ISBN: 9780231064156

ISBN-10: 0231064152

ISBN-13: 9780231064156

Edition: 2nd

Authors: Stephen Hay, Ainslie T. Embree

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Since 1958 one of the most important and widely used texts on civilization in South Asia (now the nation-states of India, Pakstan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal), this classic is now extensively revised, with much new material added. Introductory essays explain the particular settings in which leading Indian thinkers have expressed their ideas about religious, social, political, and economic questions. Brief summaries precede each passage from their writings or sayings. Chapters address the opening of India to the West; Hindu and Muslim social and religious reform movements; the emergence of both moderate and extremist nationalisms; the thought of Mahatma Gandhi; public policies for…

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List price: $40.00
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 5/20/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Stephen Hay is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His previous works include Asian Ideas of East and Westand Dialogue Between a Theist and an Idolator(edited).




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