Social Spaces and the Public Sphere

Social Spaces and the Public Sphere PDF

Author: S. Harikrishnan

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-11-25

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1000786587

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What can social spaces tell us about social relations in society? How do everyday social spaces like teashops, reading rooms, and libraries reify—or subvert—dominant social structures like caste and gender? These are the questions that this book explores through a study of modern Kerala. Using archival material, discourse analysis, participant observation, and personal interviews, this book traces the transformation of public spaces through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The volume focuses on how "modernity" has also been a struggle for access to public spaces, and non-institutional spaces like teashops, markets, public roads, temple grounds, reading rooms, and libraries have all been crucial to how political culture was shaped, and how dominant hegemonies—caste, class, or capital—have been challenged. It suggests that the secular public sphere that emerged in the last century in Kerala was a result of the constant negotiations between conflicting ideas which were put to test in these social spaces. At a time when digital spaces are fast replacing physical ones, this book is a timely reminder of the struggles that led to the emergence of secular public spaces in Kerala. It contributes to similar studies on public space that have emerged from other parts of the world over the last decades. A major contribution to understanding modern India, this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of social history, political science, political sociology, gender studies, linguistics, and South Asian studies.

Dalit Studies

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Author: Ramnarayan S. Rawat

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2016-04-29

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0822374315

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The contributors to this major intervention into Indian historiography trace the strategies through which Dalits have been marginalized as well as the ways Dalit intellectuals and leaders have shaped emancipatory politics in modern India. Moving beyond the anticolonialism/nationalism binary that dominates the study of India, the contributors assess the benefits of colonial modernity and place humiliation, dignity, and spatial exclusion at the center of Indian historiography. Several essays discuss the ways Dalits used the colonial courts and legislature to gain minority rights in the early twentieth century, while others highlight Dalit activism in social and religious spheres. The contributors also examine the struggle of contemporary middle-class Dalits to reconcile their caste and class, intercaste tensions among Sikhs, and the efforts by Dalit writers to challenge dominant constructions of secular and class-based citizenship while emphasizing the ongoing destructiveness of caste identity. In recovering the long history of Dalit struggles against caste violence, exclusion, and discrimination, Dalit Studies outlines a new agenda for the study of India, enabling a significant reconsideration of many of the Indian academy's core assumptions. Contributors: D. Shyam Babu, Laura Brueck, Sambaiah Gundimeda, Gopal Guru, Rajkumar Hans, Chinnaiah Jangam, Surinder Jodhka, P. Sanal Mohan, Ramnarayan Rawat, K. Satyanarayana

Kalyana Mitra: Volume 3

Kalyana Mitra: Volume 3 PDF

Author: Prof. Katta Narasimha Reddy, Prof. E. Siva Nagi Reddy, Prof. K. Krishna Naik

Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers

Published: 2023-07-27

Total Pages: 665

ISBN-13:

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Volume III, Modern Indian History: The volume contains 59 articles covering a wide range of topics including Historiography , Christian Missionaries, Women Education in Pre-Independence period, Social Forestry, Mir Osman Alikhan, Ramji Gond, Quit India movement, Madras Presidency, social reformers, Rural transformation, Peasant struggle, Freedom struggle, Mahatma Gandhi’s tours in Telugu, speaking areas, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s contributions, status of women, in Pre-Independence period, Regulating Act of 1773, Dalit movement in South India, Muslim reformers of India and Princely States: Historiographical Trends etc.,This Volume serves as a valuable source book for students, research scholars and teachers of historical studies for the people who want to know about the evolution of mankind in different perspectives. This volume also highlights the love and affection of Prof. P. Chenna Reddy enjoys in the intellectual world. The felicitation Volume is brought out in a series of 12 independent books covering a total of 460 articles. Every volume contains two sections. The first section contains the biographical sketch of Prof.P.Chenna Reddy, his achievements and contribution to archaeology, history and Society. The second section of each volume is subject specific.

Nation Building and Local Leadership

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Author: John Pulparampil

Publisher: Educreation Publishing

Published:

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13:

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This book on Nation Building and Local Leadership is a unique one without a parallel. It has evolved from the first ever Ph. D. thesis in India on the subject of Nation Building (submitted and approved for the award of Ph. D. from the JNU, New Delhi, in 1977). This book contains: (a) Theoretical justification for the study of nation building and local leadership; (b) Conceptual analysis of the concept and process of Nation building; (c) A review of Nation building in India from the phase of the nationalist movement till 1977 from a historical perspective; (d) Empirical study on the image of nation building held by the local leaders in Tamil Nadu and Kerala selected for this study; (e) Conceptual analysis of the empirical findings from the behavioral study of the local leaders studied; and (f) Valuable and up-to-date profile of the important socio- political leaders of Kerala and Tamil Nadu given as Annexure at the end of the book. The book is a source of information and insights to those interested in understanding the dynamics of political evolution in Tamil Nadu and Kerala since the middle of the 20th century till now, including both teachers and students of fields like Political Science, Public Administration and Public policy formulation. The book provokes well-meaning political leaders of the day to ask and answer the question "Are we doing and accomplishing and what we are expected to be doing and accomplishing?". The author holds the academic qualifications of M.A.(First Class) in Political Science from the M.S. University, Baroda); M. Phil and Ph.D. in Political Studies from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; M.B.A. (with Distinction) from the University of Leeds, U.K.; and E.K.S. from the Mewes System, Frankfurt, Germany. He has worked as a faculty member in JNU, New Delhi, SGU, Surat, and IMG (since 1976 till retirement in 2008). After retirement he worked as Professor and Director of the Head, Dept. of Management Studies in the MBA Department, Mar Athanasius College, Kothamangalam, followed by being Dean, Marian Academy of Management Studies, Kothamangalam, and as Professor and Head of the Department of Management Studies in the Viswajyothi College of Engineering and Technology (VJCET), Vazhakulam, Kerala, India. He was also Dean of the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Kerala. Through four study tours to the USA, he has been able to improve his comparative understanding of the management of people and organizations. For several years, he was a member of the American Political Science Association, American Society for Public Administration, and American Management Association. He is a Life Member of the Indian Institute of Public Administration and the Quality Circle Forum of India. He is also an ardent student of Yoga and the Indian traditions in value management. He can be contacted through: [email protected]

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