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Beyond belief : India and the politics of postcolonial nationalism / by Roy, Srirupa

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Imagining institutions, instituting diversity : toward a theory of nation-state formation -- Moving pictures : the Films Division of India and the visual practices of the nation-state -- Marching in time : Republic Day parades and the ritual practices of the nation-state -- Indian darkness : science, development, and the needs discourse of the nation-state -- Cities of hope : steel townships and the spatial practices of the nation-state -- Conclusion : after midnight.…”
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Sunni chauvinism and the roots of Muslim modernism / by Purohit, Teena

Table of Contents: “…Postcolonial Legacies of Modernist Tawhid: A Quest for Justice and the Nation-State -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”

The Museum of Broken Tea Cups : postcards from India's margins / by Veda, Gunjan

The Character of kinship /

Ideology and identity : the changing party systems of India / by Chhibber, Pradeep K., 1956-, Verma, Rahul, 1986-

Table of Contents: “…-- You don't say no to Lakshmi : the myth of vote buying in India -- Transformational leaders and ideological shifts -- Transmitting ideology -- Statism, recognition, and the party system change in India -- Ideological challenges and the decline of the Congress Party -- The BJP and an ideological consolidation of the right?…”

Early writings / by Marx, Karl, 1818-1883

Table of Contents: “…--Economic and philosophical manuscripts.--Critical notes on the article "The King of Prussia and social reform. …”

The clash of fundamentalisms : crusades, jihads and modernity / by Ali, Tariq

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: PART I Mullahs and Heretics -- 1 An atheist childhood -- 2 The origins of Islam -- 3 The empire of the world -- 4 Jerusalem, Jerusalem -- 5 Ottomanism -- 6 The joys of heresy -- 7 Women versus the eternal masculine --PART II One Hundred Years of Servitude -- 8 A spring memory -- 9 The roots of Wahhabism -- 10 The kingdom of corruption -- 11 Zionism, the First Oil War, resistance -- 12 Marginal notes on the chapter of defeats -- 13 The anti-imperialism of fools -- 14 An ocean of terror --PART III The Nuclear Wastelands of South Asia -- 15 The case ofAnwar Shaikh -- 16 Plain tales from Pakistan -- 17 Afghanistan: between hammer and anvil -- 18 The story of Kashmir --PART IV A Clash of Fundamentalisms -- 19 A short-course history of US imperialism -- 20 September surprise -- 21 Letter to a young Muslim --Appendix On the Israeli-Arab war -- Isaac Deutscher.…”

[The] blue sweater : bridging the gap between rich and poor in an interconnected world / by Novogratz, Jacqueline

Table of Contents: “…Innocent abroad -- A bird on the outside, a tiger within -- Context matters -- Basket economics and political realities -- The blue bakery -- Dancing in the dark -- Traveling without a road map -- A new learning curve -- Blue paint on the road -- Retribution and resurrection -- The cost of silence -- Institutions matter -- The education of a patient capitalist -- Building brick by brick -- Taking it to scale -- The world we dream, the future we create together.…”

Against prediction : profiling, policing, and punishing in an actuarial age / by Harcourt, Bernard E., 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Burgess and parole prediction -- The proliferation of actuarial methods in punishing and policing -- The critique of actuarial methods -- The mathematics of actuarial prediction : the illusion of efficiency -- The ratchet effect : an overlooked social cost -- The pull of prediction : distorting our conceptions of just punishment -- Toward a more general theory of punishing and policing -- A case study on racial profiling -- Shades of gray -- The virtues of randomization.…”
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The algebra of warfare-welfare : A long view of India's 2014 election. /

The saffron swastika : the notion of "Hindu fascism" / by Elst, Koenraad, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1. Terms of the Debate -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. …”

Interpreting early India / by Thapar, Romila

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Table of Contents: “…Abhibyakti/ Rabindranath Tagore, 1352 BS [1945].*2 copies; 2. Adhunik Europeo darshan/ Debiprasad Chattopadhyay, 1953 BS [1946]; 3. …”

Habib Tanvir : towards an inclusive theatre / by Katyal, Anjum

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Making space for the oral tradition in Indian theatre today -- Growing up in Raipur, and early influences -- The Bombay years -- New directions: Delhi and Agra Bazaar -- England, Europe and Brecht -- Coming home to Mitti ki Gadi -- Naya theatre and other milestones -- Charandas Chor -- Working with the Chhattisgarhis -- The classics and literature -- Connecting with the folk -- Music, song and dance -- The political Habib Tanvir -- Appendices: List of plays directed by Habib Tanvir -- Awards, honours and milestones.…”

Polarization : what everyone needs to know / by McCarty, Nolan M.

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What is Political Polarization? …”

Reversing the colonial gaze : Persian travelers abroad / by Dabashi, Hamid, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Shushtari travels to India -- Mirza Abu Taleb travels from India -- An Ilchi wonders about the World -- A Colonial Officer is turned Upside Down -- A Shirazi shares his Travelogues -- A wandering monarch -- Hajj Sayyah leads a peripatetic life -- In the company of a refined prince -- A wandering mystic -- In and out of a homeland -- The fact and fiction of a homeland -- Professor Sayyah comes home to teach -- Conclusion.…”

Are racists crazy? : how prejudice, racism, and antisemitism became markers of insanity / by Gilman, Sander L., Thomas, James M., 1982-

Table of Contents: “…Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Psychopathology and difference from the nineteenth century to the present -- The long, slow burn from pathological accounts of race to racial attitudes as pathological -- Hatred and the crowd : World War I and the rise of a psychology of racism -- The holocaust and post-war theories of antisemitism and racism -- Race and madness in mid-twentieth-century America and beyond -- The modern pathologization of racism -- Conclusion: the specter of science in twenty-first-century racial discourse -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the authors.…”

Clients and constituents : political responsiveness in patronage democracies / by Bussell,Jennifer

Table of Contents: “…A theory of assistance in patronage democracies -- Access to services in a patronage democracy: the case of india -- Partisan targeting and local distributive politics -- Local blocking and appeals for assistance -- Partisanship, the personal vote, and constituency service -- Which politicians respond? …”

Sociology through literature : a study of Kaaroor's stories / by Devadas Pillai, S., 1935-

Table of Contents: “…Foreword by Shubha Mudgal and Aneesh Pradhan -- Preface -- Introductory notes on the "big six" -- Romantic overtones -- Erotic pursuits -- Marital episodes -- On small children and teenagers -- Families: sinking, troubled -- "Sir" stories -- Sirs: the other side -- Dictates of fate -- Behavioural patterns -- Some social issues -- Political themes -- Shades of greed -- Profiles of the poor -- Some uncommon people -- Social dropouts -- Spiritual themes -- Some more episodes -- Tuskers and mahouts -- Kaaroor's zoo -- Sociology through literature: some endnotes.…”

Globalization and sovereignty : rethinking legality, legitimacy and constitutionalism / by Cohen, Jean L., 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Sovereignty in the context of globalisation: a constitutional pluralist approach; 2. …”
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