Reappraising Modern Indian Thought

This book presents the thread of socio-political thought of major Indian thinkers over the decades. In contrast to the existing texts on the subject, it explores the social and political conditions that formed the basis of political thinking of the thinkers in the past two centuries. The book discusses the development and articulation of socio-political thought that have evolved in modern India, giving comprehensive coverage and makes an analysis of great thinkers of modern India, namely Rabindranath Tagore, Madan Mohan Malaviya, Swami Vivekananda, Aurobindo Ghose, Abul Kalam Azad, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal, Lala Lajpat Rai, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, Syed Ahmed Khan, and Muhammad Iqbal.   

The book compiles a critical understanding of the modern Indian thinkers on the issues such as colonialism, India’s freedom struggle, liberalism, nationalism, nation-building, economic reconstruction, education, democracy, internationalism, secularism, socialism, integral and universal humanism.

Ankit Tomar teaches Political Science at Lakshmibai College, University of Delhi, India. His areas of interest include Indian and Western Political Philosophy, Theories of International Relations, Non-Western International Relations Thinking and Global Political Economy.

Suratha Kumar Malik is an Assistant Professor and Teacher-In-Charge in the Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University, India. His areas of interest include Indian Political Thought, International Politics, Dalit and Tribal Movements and Issues.