Indian Political Thought, 2nd Edition

Preface

Himanshu Roy

 

In the past five years, since the publication of the first edition of this book, there is a substantive change in the scholarly awareness about the Indian political thought in the academia and among the reading public. It is reflected in the new publications and in the new kinds of interpretations of political ideas of the past. It is also reflected in the new syllabi and courses designed by academic institutions. More importantly, there are new insights and enrichment of contents through interdisciplinary matrices. This awareness, none the less, remains confined to mainly modern political thinkers, who were primarily activists in the anti-colonial movement. The pre-colonial arena remained largely untouched and disassociated ...