Last Liberal and Other Essays, The
Ramachandra Guha
Price
495
ISBN
9788178240732
Language
English
Pages
292
Format
Hardback
Dimensions
140 x 216 mm
Year of Publishing
2004
Territorial Rights
World
Imprint
Permanent Black
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Guha’s book is a meditation on how a large area of contemporary India's cultural and intellectual life has in fact been fashioned by exceptional individuals who have, in diverse ways, imbibed the spirit of liberalism, secularism, personal integrity and social commitment. Guha's heroes and heroines include environmentalists and social activists, teachers and scholars, scientists and writers, politicians and bureaucrats. Quietly purposeful and publicity-shy figures are described and discussed in finely crafted pieces, as are others whose career and achievements have been more public and prominent.

Ramachandra Guha has been described as the Indian who has given scholarly writing a good name. This book is a companion to Guha's An Anthropologist Among the Marxists and Other Essays.