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082			_a305.800954 _bKUM-M
100			_aKumar, D.V.
245			_aModernity, ethnicity and development
260			_aJaipur _bRawat Publications _c2017
300			_ax, 206p
504			_aIncludes Index
520			_aAlthough modernity has emerged as a meta-narrative in social science literature, its meaning and the possible forms of engagement one can pursue with it have not been adequately explored. It has been accepted that Europe was the only home of modernity, a point which is contested in this book. The fact that other civilizations have also contributed significantly to the project of modernity needs to be discussed and reaffirmed. Contrary to what the classical scholarship (writings of Marx, Durkheim and Weber) argued in favour of the weakening of ethnic and nationalist identities in the context of modernity and development, this book seeks to problematize the relationship between modernization and ethnicity at the theoretical and empirical levels by arguing that they have, in fact, become more salient in the recent past. Any discussion on this should factor in the critical issue of nationalism, which is attempted here. As an organic and inseparable part of the larger issue of modernity, tribal development-as it is pursued, especially in the Northeast-is subject to critical interrogation. This book will be of great interest to those who are engaged with issues of modernity, ethnicity, and development
650			_aEthnicity and development _zIndia _zMizoram
650			_aNationalism _vCivil society
942			_cBK _2ddc