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Modernity in Indian Social Theory
This book explores the social variance between India and the West to show how it impacted their respective trajectories of modernity. The author critically examines various discourses on modernity in India, including Partha Chatterjee's account of Indian nationalism, Javeed Alam's reading of Indian secularism, the use of the term pluralism by some Indian social scientists, and Gopal Guru's emphasis on the lived Dalit experience. He also engages with the readings on key thinkers including Vivekananda, Gandhi and Ambedkar.
