State and society in India : Essays in dissent

By:

Desai A R

Contributor(s):

Publication details: Bombay Popular Prakshan 1975Description: 184p xiISBN:

9788171541133

Subject(s):

1. Social Change - India - Essays2. Modernisation - Underdeveloped Socieities - A Crtique3. Welfare State - Public Protest - India4. Politics - Development - India

DDC classification:

303.400000 DES

Contents:

Book Description BOOK SUMMARY OF STATE AND SOCIETY IN INDIA The essays included in this volume have emanated from the authors continuous and critical observation of social change after Independence. It is a critique pointing out the fallacies underlying the theoretical approaches adopted by the dominant scholarship in Social Sciences. About the Author A. R. Desai's life was a rare and exemplary combination of activism and scholarship. His was a lifelong commitment and involvement in socialist and democratic causes: as a pioneer Marxist theoretician, activist for a time in the revolutionary Socialist Party, major inspiration for a variety of Marxian Left-and particularly Trotskyian-groups in Bombay and Gujarat.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
BOOKs	National Law School	303.4 DES (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		16449

Book Description
BOOK SUMMARY OF STATE AND SOCIETY IN INDIA The essays included in this volume have emanated from the authors continuous and critical observation of social change after Independence. It is a critique pointing out the fallacies underlying the theoretical approaches adopted by the dominant scholarship in Social Sciences. About the Author A. R. Desai's life was a rare and exemplary combination of activism and scholarship. His was a lifelong commitment and involvement in socialist and democratic causes: as a pioneer Marxist theoretician, activist for a time in the revolutionary Socialist Party, major inspiration for a variety of Marxian Left-and particularly Trotskyian-groups in Bombay and Gujarat.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.