The Left movement and the environmental movement comprise two ends of the progressive spectrum of the Indian policy. While the environmental movement has highlighted issues of ‘tradition’ and economic and ecological security, the Left has stressed the need for the vision for a modern, but non-capitalist path of development.
Against Ecological Romanticism: Verrier Elwin and the Making of an Anti-Modern Tribal Identity
The three essays in this book develop a systematic critique of the romanticized notions of tribal life, identity and ecology that informs so much of today's scholarship as well as the popular perceptions and everyday commonsense relating to these themes. The author has examined genesis of certain visions found in the work of Verrier Elwin, the grand old man of Indian anthropology and tribal policy, and has shown how it links up with the contemporary realities ...
