{"product_id":"makers-of-modern-india-9780674052468","title":"Makers of Modern India","description":"\u003cp\u003eModern India is the worlds largest democracy  a sprawling  polyglot nation containing one-sixth of all humankind. The existence of such a complex and distinctive democratic regime qualifies as one of the worlds bona fide political miracles. Furthermore  Indias leading political thinkers have often served as its most influential political actorsthink of Gandhi  whose collected works run to more than ninety volumes  or Ambedkar  or Nehru  who recorded their most eloquent theoretical reflections at the same time as they strove to set the delicate machinery of Indian democracy on a coherent and just path.  Out of the speeches and writings of these thinker-activists  Ramachandra Guha has built the first major anthology of Indian social and political thought. Makers of Modern India collects the work of nineteen of Indias foremost generators of political sentiment  from those whose names command instant global recognition to pioneering subaltern and feminist thinkers whose works have until now remained obscure and inaccessible. Ranging across manifold languages and cultures  and addressing every crucial theme of modern Indian historyrace  religion  language  caste  gender  colonialism  nationalism  economic development  violence  and nonviolenceMakers of Modern India provides an invaluable roadmap to Indian political debate.  An extensive introduction  biographical sketches of each figure  and guides to further reading make this work a rich resource for anyone interested in India and the ways its leading political minds have grappled with the problems that have increasingly come to define the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45789781852213,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674052463","price":49.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674052468.jpg?v=1784698320","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/makers-of-modern-india-9780674052468","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}