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Imagining India
Ronald B. Inden
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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgments (page v)
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Author's Preface to the Second Impression (page xi)
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Introduction (page 1)
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Plan of the Book (page 4)
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1 Knowledge of India and Human Agency (page 7)
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1.1 Essences (page 7)
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1.1.1 Science's Imperial Metaphor - Society as a Mechanical Body (page 7)
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1.1.2 Indology as Natural Science (page 12)
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1.1.3 Metaphysical Malaise at Science's Summit (page 21)
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1.2 Agents: Systems of Overlapping Classes (page 22)
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1.2.1 Agents Simple and Complex (page 22)
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1.2.2 From 'Society' to Polities (page 27)
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1.2.3 Imperial Formations (page 29)
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1.2.4 Knowledge as a Scale of Forms (page 33)
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1.3 Orientalist Discourse (page 36)
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1.3.1 Bias, Power, and Knowledge (page 36)
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1.3.2 Commentative Accounts (page 38)
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1.3.3 Explanatory or Interpretive Accounts (page 41)
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1.3.4 Hegemonic Accounts (page 43)
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2 India in Asia: The Caste Society (page 49)
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2.1 The Orients (page 49)
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2.2 Empirical, Real India: The Ruling Ideas (page 51)
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2.2.1 Oriental Despotism and the Asiatic Mode of Production (page 51)
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2.2.2 Conquest and the Unmaking of India (page 54)
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2.2.3 Caste as Race (page 56)
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2.3 Romantic India (page 66)
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2.3.1 The Loyal Opposition (page 66)
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2.3.2 Caste as Idea (page 69)
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2.4 Dissenting and Changing Views (page 74)
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3 Hinduism: The Mind of India (page 85)
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3.1 Male Manager, Female Jungle: European Science and Indian Religion (page 85)
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3.2 Psychic Origins (page 89)
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3.2.1 Utilitarian and Anglican Distortions (page 89)
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3.2.2 Romantic and Rationalist Dreams (page 93)
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3.3 Brahmanism, the Aryan Mind in the Tropics (page 97)
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3.3.1 Vedic Sacrifice as Displaced Materialism (page 97)
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3.3.2 Upanishadic Mysticism as Misguided Idealism (page 101)
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3.3.3 Sankara, Hero of the Imagination (page 105)
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3.4 Hinduism, Symbols for the People (page 109)
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3.4.1 The Theistic Creeds and Image-worship of the Laity (page 109)
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3.4.2 The Animistic Cults and Blood Sacrifices of the Peasants (page 115)
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3.5 Medieval Decline, The Dravidian Mind Triumphant (page 117)
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3.6 Jungian and Structuralists: Today's Variants (page 122)
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3.7 Critical Summary (page 127)
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4 Village India, Living Essence of the Ancient (page 131)
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4.1 Idyllic Communities (page 131)
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4.2 Organic Inside, Atomic Outside (page 134)
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4.2.1 Marx: Asiatic Communes and Rural Mentalities (page 134)
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4.2.2 Maine and the Aryan Village Brotherhood (page 137)
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4.2.3 Baden-Powell and the Dravidian Severalty Village (page 140)
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4.3 Caste's Political Economy (page 143)
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4.3.1 Fixed Share Payments (Jajmani) (page 143)
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4.3.2 Councils and Headmen (page 145)
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4.4 Nationalist and Post-Independence Depictions (page 149)
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4.4.1 From Early Ancient Tribal to Late Ancient Socialist (page 149)
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4.4.2 Neo-Hegelian Anthropology (page 151)
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4.4.3 Neo-Marxist History (page 154)
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4.5 Critique (page 157)
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5 Divine Kingship, the Hindu Type of Government (page 162)
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5.1 Nation State, Natural State (page 162)
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5.2 Absolute Monarchy, Instrument of the Caste Society (page 165)
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5.2.1 Utilitarian Despotism (page 165)
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5.2.2 Political Disunity, Priestly Tyranny (page 169)
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5.3 Clan Monarchy, the Post-tribal State (page 172)
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5.3.1 Oriental Feudalism: Tod's Rajputs (page 172)
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5.3.2 From Feudal to Tribal (page 176)
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5.4 Imperial Monarchy, Western Order in the East (page 180)
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5.4.1 Administrative Despotism (page 180)
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5.4.2 From Ancient Unity to Medieval Anarchy (page 185)
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5.5 Imperial Death and National Rebirth (page 188)
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5.5.1 One or Many, Contract or Dharma? (page 188)
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5.5.2 Bureaucracy Above, Democracy Below (page 192)
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5.6 Independence and the Discovery of the Third World (page 198)
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5.6.1 From Administration Unity to Cultural Integration (page 198)
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5.6.2 Where Caste is King: L. Dumont (page 201)
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5.6.3 Transcendent Brahman, Social Disorder, Sacrificial King: J. C. Heesterman (page 203)
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5.6.4 Segmentary State, Ritual Sovereignty: Burton Stein (page 206)
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5.6.5 Conclusion (page 211)
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6 Reconstructions (page 213)
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6.1 From Patients to Agents (page 213)
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6.1.1 Eurasia's Four Imperial Formations (page 213)
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6.1.2 Castes as Subject-citizenries (page 217)
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6.1.3 Assemblies of the Rural Citizenry (page 220)
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6.1.4 Assemblies of the Urban Citizenry (page 224)
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6.2 The Imperial Formation of the Rashtrakutas (page 228)
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6.2.1 Holding Court and Issuing Orders (page 228)
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6.2.2 Ceremonial Baths and Luminous Wills (page 233)
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6.2.3 Kings, Lords, and Officials (page 239)
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6.3 Conquering the Quarters (page 244)
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6.3.1 From Tributary Lord to Overlord of the Earth (page 244)
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6.3.2 Displaying a New Overlordship (page 249)
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6.3.3 Commanding and Remaking Time (page 253)
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6.3.4 Recentring the Indian World (page 256)
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Concluding Remarks (page 263)
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Bibliography (page 271)
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Index (page 286)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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MAS | 26.3 (Jul. 1992): 609-621 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0026-749X%28199207%2926%3A3%3C609%3AAIWF%3E2.0.CO%3B2-M |
AE | 20.2 (May 1993): 415-416 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0094-0496%28199305%2920%3A2%3C415%3AII%3E2.0.CO%3B2-3 |
JAOS | 112-4 (Oct. - Dec. 1992): 674-677 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-0279%28199210%2F12%29112%3A4%3C674%3AII%3E2.0.CO%3B2-E |
AHR | 97.2 (Apr. 1992): 601-602 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28199204%2997%3A2%3C601%3AII%3E2.0.CO%3B2-O |
AANTH | 94.1 (Mar. 1992): 235-236 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-7294%28199203%292%3A94%3A1%3C235%3AII%3E2.0.CO%3B2-E |
MAS | 25.2 (May 1991): 403-406 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0026-749X%28199105%2925%3A2%3C403%3ATPOI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-0 |
JAS | 50.2 (May 1991): 435-436 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-9118%28199105%2950%3A2%3C435%3AII%3E2.0.CO%3B2-8 |
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Published: 2000
Publisher: Indiana University Press
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