Decolonization and Development: Hind Svaraj Revisioned

by Makarand R. Paranjape

"That such a book should have been attempted at all is remarkable." --Lokayan Bulletin Interweaving the concepts of decolonization and development with those of svaraj and savodaya, this book breaks new ground in defining and understanding contemporary Indian reality. Written as an extended dialogue between student and teacher, this volume creates a space for a neo-Gandhian perspective perspective in current debates on decolonization and development. This dialogic form not only looks back to Gandhi's exchange between editor and reader in Hind Swaraj, but also challenges the obscurity and opacity of elite discourses which dominate our thinking today. The content of the dialogues, similarly, interrogates the powerful and pervasive presence of Western ideas and modernity in our lives.

240 pages, Hardcover

First published December 10, 1993

About the author

Makarand R. Paranjape is Professor and Chairperson, Centre for English Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He was educated at St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he earned a Masters and PhD in English. He is the author/editor of over forty books and has published over 150 book chapters, refereed papers, and academic articles. His latest publications include "The Death and Afterlife of Mahatma Gandhi," "Making India: Colonialism, National Culture, and the Afterlife of Indian English Authority," and "Body Offering," a novel. [Amazon author page]

Also see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makaran...

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