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Recent Socialist Thought in India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2009

Extract

One of the many subjects that await careful research at the hands of students of political thought is a critical evaluation of recent socialist thought in India. In this paper only a few of the significant aspects of the subject can be touched on; it is hoped that this will stimulate detailed work on it.

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Research Article
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Copyright © University of Notre Dame 1968

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