Ancient And Medieval Indian Thought: Themes And Traditions (Paperback-2020)

About the Book

This textbook offers a lucid and comprehensive account of pre-modern Indian thought and traditions.

The book will serve as a helpful reference for undergraduate and post-graduate students of Political Science, Sociology, History and Social Work.This book can also be useful for UGC NET and Civil Service Aspirants

It aims to unravel the ideas and thoughts of ancient and medieval thinkers and various intellectual traditions of the Indian sub-continent. The book departs from the conventional approach and carries a context-driven conceptualization of major strands of pre-modern Indian thought. Further, it provides a roadmap to orient the students to the main themes and traditions of Indian socio-political thought.  Ancient and Medieval Indian Thought will help the reader to understand the basic concepts of Indian political thought and develop a critical understanding of the major themes and issues such as community, state, kingship, culture and religion as perceived by different thinkers.

This multi-authored volume has been designed as a core and invaluable resource for the students, researchers and teachers of political science, sociology and history, and will also be useful for the scholars of other sub-fields of social sciences.

Key Features: 

• Concise and well-balanced coverage of thoughts, ideas and traditions from multi-disciplinary perspective

• Extensive summary and glossary terms at the end of each chapter to help the readers recapitulate better

• Thought-provoking review questions and suggestions for further reading to enrich the teaching-learning experience

About  the Author

Ankit Tomar teaches political science at Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi. He holds an MA in political science from the University of Delhi and an MPhil in international politics from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). He is currently on the verge of submitting his PhD to the Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament (CIPOD), JNU. He has contributed various chapters and articles to several reputed institutions of India including Institute of Life Long Learning, University of Delhi. He has also participated in different seminars, conferences, workshops and training programmes at national and international levels. His areas of interest include Indian and Western political philosophy, theories of international relations and public administration.

Suratha Kumar Malik is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, since 2012. He has completed his master’s degree and master of philosophy degree from the Centre for Political Studies, JNU, New Delhi, and received his Doctor of Philosophy from Vidyasagar University, West Bengal. He was awarded Dr Harekrushna Mahatab Award, UGC NET, Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Nirman Foundation Fellowship (Lord Bhikhu Parekh endowment). His research interests and specialization include Indian political thought and philosophy, Dalit and tribal issues and politics, social–political movements, marginalization and identity politics. He has three books and more than a dozen of research articles and chapters in different edited books and journals of national and international reputation to his credit, which include SAGE, Springer and so on. He has also presented papers in more than 30 international and national seminars/conferences across the country and abroad, including Imperial College London, Dubai and Malaysia. As the Principal Investigator (PI), he has recently completed the University Grants Commission (New Delhi)- sponsored Major Research Project. Twelve MPhil students have been awarded degree under his supervision. He is the life member and editorial member of different bodies and organizations. Recently, he was awarded with ‘Vivekananda Excellence Award’ for his academic and research contribution (in the category of literature) by Seva Youth Guild, Kolkata (affiliated to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, NYKS, Government of India).