1st Edition
Rise of Reason Intellectual history of 19th-century Maharashtra
By Hulas Singh
Copyright 2016
354 Pages
by
Routledge India
354 Pages
by
Routledge India
354 Pages
by
Routledge India
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This book offers one of the first critical evaluations and in-depth analysis of the intellectual movement in Maharashtra in the 19th century. Arguing against the prevalent view that Indian rationality was imported from Europe through the colonial agency, it traces the rational roots of the movement to indigenous intellectual traditions and history. It also questions the centrality assigned to the... Read more
Preface 1. Introduction 2. Social Questioning 3. Reason and Religion 4. Rationalism and Nationalism 5. Idea of India to be. Conclusion. Bibliography.
Biography
Hulas Singh is a senior civil servant with the Ministry of Railways, Government of India, a keen researcher and independent scholar. He specialises in the intellectual history of nineteenth-century Maharashtra. He completed his MPhil and PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Presently he is working on a comparative study of Mahatma Jotirao Phule and Babasaheb Ambedkar to bring out aspects of convergence and contrast in their respective approach to society and culture.
