Overview

This exceptional anthology brings together a collection of insightful expositions on modern South Asian thinkers and thoughts. Employing an encyclopedic approach, this volume delves deep into the intellectual history of South Asia, transcending traditional academic perspectives and exploring a rich tapestry of ideas from various sources across time. The book departs from the imported ideas of South Asia by delving into the diverse intellectual heritage of the region pertaining to political thinkers, social and cultural thinkers and activists. Historically, the book aids in approaching the enduring social and political challenges in South Asia. Drawing from an extensive array of works, including polemics, commentaries, literary accounts, politics and poetics, modern thoughts in South Asia provide systematic solutions to the perennial issues that shape the region. The curatorial consequence of the modern thoughts from the region, put together in this compendium, is a collective consciousness of South Asia as an offspring of the epistemological interface between region and universe. The readers of this book shall arrive at a profound insight into the social, political and cultural intricacies, the transformative power of ideas and their enduring influence on the development of the region. This book would be useful to students, researchers and teachers working in the field of political science, philosophy, history and sociology, in varied course curricula such as Indian political thought, Eastern philosophy, South Asian thought, political thinkers and modern political thought.

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Author:   Dev Nath Pathak ,  Sanjeev Kumar H.M
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.950kg
ISBN:  

9781032949536

ISBN 10:   1032949538
Pages:   496
Publication Date:   30 October 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

About the Editors List of Contributors Introduction: Modernity and Tradition of Thoughts in South Asia Dev Nath Pathak & Sanjeev Kumar H M 1. Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy: Ideas on Cultural and Political Consciousness Dr. Priyanka Jha 2. Alvin Robert Cornelius: Jurisprudence and Constitutionalism in Pakistan Dr. Azeemah Saleem 3. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan: The Muslim Gandhian Idris Hassan Bhat 4. Ali Shariati: The Ideologue of Iranian Revolution Syed Mohd. Kashif 5. A Truth Seeker from Eastern Bengal: Aroj Ali Matubbar Ratan Kumar Roy 6. Aurobindo Ghosh: Ideas on Humanism and Spiritualism Pallabi Barah and Tanya Sharma 7. Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala: Vision of An Institution Builder Slok Gyawali 8. Key Ideas of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar Pia David 9. Thoughts on Nationalism in Nepal: Literary Expressions of Bal Krishna Sama Slok Gyawali 10. Culture and Nation in the Thoughts of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhaya Prashant Barthwal 11. The Social and Political Thought of Bhagat Singh Aejaz Ahmad Wani 12. Bhudev Mukhopadhyay: Harbinger of Bengal’s Rennaissance Chandrani Chatterjee 13. Bimal Krishna Matilal: Reflections On Philosophical Ideas Mithilesh Kumar Jha 14. Aung San: Independence, Ideals, and the Birth of Modern Burma Asha Sundaramurthy 15. Dadabhai Naoroji: From Economic Nationalism to Political Nationalism Gautam Chandra and Preeti Sharma 16. Ideas on Indian Traditions and Philosophy: Daya Krishna Mithilesh Kumar Jha 17. Reflections on Buddhist Philosophy: David J. Kalupahana S. Chaminda Padmakumara 18. Anagarika Dharmapala: A Leader of Cultural Revivalism in Sri Lanka Priyanka Jha 19. Eqbal Ahmad on Third World Politics and International Affairs Aejaz Ahmad Wani and Zaboor Ahmad 20. Ediriweera Sarachchandra: Theatrical Practices and Literary Ideas S. Chaminda Padmakumara 21. Faiz Ahmed Faiz: Poetic Expressions and Public Concerns Ratika Gaur 22. Fayz Mohammad Katib Hazarah: Ideas on Afghan History Mohammad Hossein Nouri 23. Post-Coloniality of Hamza Alavi Ratika Gaur 24. Literary and Feminist Ideas of Ismat Chughtai Ashmeet Bilkhu 25. Rewriting Tibet: The Radical Vision of Jamyang Norbu Hemadri Singh Rana 26. Jai Prakash Narayan: An architect of Total Revolution Mohd. Irfan 27. Social and Political Ideas of Jyotirao Phule Nishant Kumar and Smita Agarwal 28. Karma Ura: Architect of Bhutan's Happiness and Cultural Renaissance Meghna Kajla 29. Kumari Jayawardene: Feminism and Postcolonial Struggles in the Third World Kamini Sharma 30. Literary and Social Ideas of Laxmi Prasad Devkota Rashmi Sheila 31. Mohammed Ali Jinnah: Political Ideas and Making of the Pakistan Ishtiaq Ahmed Shauq 32. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: Thoughts and Practices Nishant Kumar 33. Manvendra Nath Roy: Humanistic and Marxist Ideas Divyendu Jha 34. Islamic Marxism of Mohammad Qasim Akhgar Mohammad Hussain Hasrat 35. Political Ideas and Reformist Politics of Mahmud Tarzi Omar Sadr 36. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad: Islamic Ideas and Gandhian Politics Aishwarya Bhattacharya 37. People’s Maulana : The life of Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani Abdul Matin 38. Moulana Mehmood Madani: Ideas of Nation and Religion Nilanjana Sen 39. Ideas through Literature: Michael Madhusudan Dutt Chandrani Chatterjee 40. Mohammad Iqbal: Islam, Nation and Modernity Talim Akhtar 41. Philosophy of Mohammad Ismail Muballigh Mohammad Hossein Nouri 42. Munshi Premchand: Literature, Satires and Social Reformations Tanya Sharma 43. Pandita Ramabai: Feminist ideas on Patriarchy, Religion and Education Smita Agarwal 44. The Life of a Bengali Pir : Shah Sufi Abu Bakr Siddique (Dada-Huzur) of Furfura Sharif Abdul Matin 45. Ramchandra Dattatraya Ranade: Reflections on Philosophical Ideas Balaganapathi Devarakonda & Ms. Jayshree Jha 46. Social, Political and Cultural Thoughts of Rabindranath Tagore Ngoru Nixon 47. Socialist Ideas and Political Practices Of Rammanohar Lohia Tanya Sharma 48. Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain: Feminist Expressions in Literature Minakshi Buragohain 49. Sadat Hasan Manto: A Social Rebel Ashmeet Bilkhu 50. Sajjad Zaheer: The Radical Revolutionary Parvez Alam 51. Ideas and Philosophy of Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Geetesh Nirban 52. Savitribai Phuley: An Educationist par Excellence Sankalp Gurjar 53. The Philosophy of Sayagi U Ba Khin: Meditation, Ethics, and Modernity Asha Sundaramurthy 54. Spiritual Philosophy of Swami Vivekanand Nishant Kumar 55. Key Ideas of Sayyed Abul Aʿlā Mawdūdī Mohammad Ali 56. Syed Ahmed Khan: Thoughts on Modernity and Islam Talim Akhtar 57. Islamic Modernity of Seyyed Hossein Nasr Ishtiaq Ahmed Shauq 58. Tarabai Shinde: Reformist and Nationalist Thoughts Smita Agarwal 59. Tenzin Gyatso: A Compassionate Ethic for a Divided World Hemadri Singh Rana 60. Ideology, Identity, and Nationalism of Vinayak D. Savarkar Aejaz Ahmad Wani 61. Vasudeva Sharan Agrawala and the Idea of Indian Art Preeti Sharma Index

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Dev Nath Pathak, Associate Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, South Asian University, New Delhi, India. Sanjeev Kumar H.M., Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.

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