• ISBN13: 9780199474592
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Politics and Current Affairs
• Publisher: Oxford UP
• Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP
• Publication Date: September 16, 2017
• Pages: 264
• Original Price: INR 495.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 180 grams

Western constructs giving precedence to ideas over experience have, for long, dominated theorization in Indian social sciences. Problematizing their tenuous relationship, this book presents a passionate plea to create new frameworks for describing contemporary Indian social experiences.Using a dialogic form and placing the reality of untouchability and Dalit life at the centre of analyses, Gopal Guru and Sundar Sarukkai examine the ontological and epistemological nature of experience, thereby exhibiting the politics of experience. By illustrating ways of using alternative frameworks for theorizing, The Cracked Mirror argues for a more careful understanding of the ethics of representation.

Gopal Guru is Professor, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Sundar Sarukkai is Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bengaluru.