Radical Democracy in Modern Indian Political Thought

2 - “The Genius of the People”
Tejas Parasher, University of California, Los Angeles
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Chapter 2 examines a constitution written for the princely state of Mysore in 1923. It interprets the constitution as an early expression of anti-parliamentary model of popular government.

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Index
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7 - Conclusion
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Chapter 7 explores how looking at the history of participatory democracy in Indian history can help illuminate the shortcomings of contemporary representative governments.

1 - Popular Sovereignty and the End of Empire
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Chapter 1 surveys the current historiography of anti-colonial self-determination in the twentieth century. It highlights how historians have continued to view anti-colonial self-determination in terms of state-based political representation.

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3 - “A Vast Subterranean Democracy”
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Chapter 3 examines a group of nationalist historians based in northern India in the early 1920s. It shows how these historians used the trope of an ‘ancient constitution’ in order to find federalist forms of popular democracy.

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5 - Representation, Popular Sovereignty, and the Indian Founding
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Chapter 5 examines debates around the drafting of India’s independent constitution between 1946 and 1950. It focuses on a group of socialist thinkers who criticized the nationalist commitment to parliamentary government.

4 - “A Living Union”
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Chapter 4 examines the tradition of Gandhian political thought. It explores the critique of liberal parliamentarism in the writings of M. K. Gandhi and those of his supporters.

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6 - “Towards Total Revolution”
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Chapter 6 examines protest movements in India in the 1970s. It explores how participatory democracy became a key demand of anti-state protest.

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