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In this book Dr. Aravind Ganachari considers the antecedents of Indian nationalism within the colonial power structure, as developed in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. The first five chapters argue that when the colonial state on the one hand, painstakingly maintained the "myth of rule of law" and constructed the idea of Britain's 'civilizing mission', and on the other, gagged the vernacular press which was critical or their repressive ...
Arvind Ganachari examines how Agarkar wanted reason and an enlightened conscience to be the sole determinant in regulating human conduct and social behaviuor. His rational approach constantly re-examined all social ideas and institutions-whether they served the purpose of social utility and comfort or not. He has among the few contemporaries in whose thought and practice there was no dichotomy. Education, contends the author, not just formal but also informal ...