Righteous republic : the political foundations of modern India /

Vajpeyi, Ananya.

Righteous republic : the political foundations of modern India / Ananya Vajpeyi. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012. - xxiv, 342 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-319) and index.

Preface: the search for self in modern India -- Introduction: the self's sovereignty -- Mohandas Gandhi: the self's orientation -- Rabindranath Tagore: the self's longing -- Abanindranath Tagore: the self's shock -- Jawaharlal Nehru: the self's aspiration and the self's purpose -- Bhimrao Ambedkar: the self's burden.



9780674048959 (alk. paper)


Political science--Philosophy--History.--India
Self-determination, National--India.
Nationalism--India.


India--Politics and government--Philosophy.

320.0954 / V133r