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1. Caste, Colonialism and Counter-Modernity

   Notes on a Postcolonial Hermeneutics of Caste

   By Debjani Ganguly

   One prevalent socio-cultural structure that is peculiar to South Asia is caste, which is broadly understood in socio-anthropological terms as an institution of ranked, hereditary and occupational groups. This book discusses the enigmatic persistence of caste in the lives of South Asians as they...

   Published April 20th 2009 by Routledge
2. Rethinking Gandhi and Nonviolent Relationality

   Global Perspectives

   Edited by Debjani Ganguly, John Docker

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

   This book presents a rethinking of the world legacy of Mahatma Gandhi in this era of unspeakable global violence. Through interdisciplinary research, key Gandhian concepts are revisited by tracing their genealogies in multiple histories of world contact and by foregrounding their relevance to...

   Published December 20th 2007 by Routledge