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Breaking from prevailing conceptions of ethics and morality as matters of moral rule or principle, this volume calls attention to ethical life in South Asia—the moral dispositions at work in lived experience, and the embodied practices of ethical engagement through which such dispositions may be cultivated and shared. Using approaches from history, anthropology, religious studies, and philosophy, these original essays constitute an unprecedented ...
The essays in this volume reflect on an undeniably important form of knowledge: history. They explore the variety of 'uses' of history in South Asia. Colonial and nationalist themes occupy the first two sections of the book, which take up topics like the racialization of history and its political appropriation for right and left-wing agendas, as well as the nationalist and Hindutva recasting of the past by Indologists, scientists, doctors and travel-writers. The ...
Tonald Inden’s writings have contributed immensely to the understanding of Indian history. Written over a period of twenty years, this important collection spans three historical periods: ancient, medieval, and modern. It reflects an effective integration of historical and anthropological approaches to the study of the subcontinent. Dwelling upon issues related to caste, religion, and constructions of history, this volume showcases Inden’s seminal ...