INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT

The book covers University syllabi in Political Science in the papers of Hindu Polity, Indian Political Thought and Modern Indian Political Thought etc. Divided into three partsthe ancient, the modern and the contemporary, this book analyses Indian political thought from Manu to M.N. Roy. In order to keep it brief and precise only selected thinkers have been included while those of only historical importance have been left out. The method followed is construction through criticism so that besides knowing the thought of eminent Indian political thinkers, the reader may develop an insight into political processes, their causes and consequences. While matter has been drawn from authentic sources, it has been narrated in simple language. A balanced holistic approach has been maintained in controversial matters.The authors have left no stone unturned to make this book an ideal textbook for students and reference book for teachers.

Book Contents

PART I ANCIENT INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT 1. Historical Review 2. Fundamental Concepts 3. Political Ideas of Manu 4. Political Ideas of Shukracharya 5. Political Ideas of Kautilya PART II MODERN INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT 6. Indian Nationalist Movement (1828 1947) 7. Liberalism in India (1885 1917) 8. Raja Ram Mohan Roy (1772 1833) 9. Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1866 1915) 10. Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856 1920) 11. Lala Lajpat Rai (1865 1925) 12. Subhash Chandra Bose (1895 1945) 13. Swami Dayanand Saraswati (1824 1883) 14. Ramkrishna Paramhansa (1835 1897) PART III CONTEMPORARY INDIAN POLITICAL THOUGHT 15. Vivekananda (1863 1902) 16. Annie Besant (1847 1933) 17. Rabindranath Tagore (1861 1941) 18. Sri Aurobindo (1872 1950) 19. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 1948) 20. Jawahar Lal Nehru (1889 1964) 21. M.N. Roy (1887 1954) 22. Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861 1946) 23. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883 1966) 24. Acharya Vinoba Bhave (1895 1982) 25. Jaya Prakash Narayan (1903 1979) 26. Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookerjee (1901 1953) 27. Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia (1910 1968) 28. Concluding Remarks Bibliography