{"product_id":"the-indian-ideology-perry-anderson-9781788732710","title":"The Indian Ideology","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe historiography of modern India is largely a pageant of presumed virtues: harmonious territorial unity, religious impartiality, the miraculous survival of electoral norms in the world's most populous democracy. Even critics of Indian society still underwrite such claims. But how well does the \"Idea of India\" correspond to the realities of the Union? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In an iconoclastic intervention, Marxist historian Perry Anderson provides an unforgettable reading of the Subcontinent's passage through Independence and the catastrophe of Partition, the idiosyncratic and corrosive vanities of Gandhi and Nehru, and the close interrelationship of Indian democracy and caste inequality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Indian Ideology\u003c\/i\u003e caused uproar on first publication in 2012, not least for breaking with euphemisms for Delhi's occupation of Kashmir. This new, expanded edition includes the author's reply to his critics, an interview with the Indian weekly \u003ci\u003eOutlook\u003c\/i\u003e, and a postscript on India under the rule of Narendra Modi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Perry Anderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1788732715\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781788732710\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/13\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Perry Anderson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995265958143,"sku":"9781788732710","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6bfe87d5-a646-4564-99be-7763564ad22e.jpg?v=1683334823","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-indian-ideology-perry-anderson-9781788732710","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}