Description |
1 online resource |
Series |
South Asian intellectual history |
Contents |
The discontents of eclecticism : the milieu of Akshay Kumar Dutta -- The new world of science : Akshay Kumar Dutta as the 'science worker' -- The Tattwabodhini period : the conflicting contours of self-fashioning or towards a global history? -- Reconstructing Bengali selfhood : the conception of Dharma in Akshay and Bankim -- On the question of the public sphere : civic life, polity, dissent, and an affective engagement with the Janasamaj -- Imagining Bharatvarsha : identity, history, nationhood -- Conclusion and further thoughts |
Summary |
"The book examines the works of Akshay Kumar Dutta (1820-1886), who can be seen as ideologically inhabiting the cusp between religion and rationalism - the two most crucial avenues of debate and discussion in the public sphere in nineteenth-century Bengal. While nineteenth-century Bengal has been an important discourse within South Asian history, major figures of reform such as Rammohun Roy, Debendranath Tagore, Iswarchandra Vidyasagar, and Keshub Chunder Sen have generally been the focus. The book attempts to rescue Dutta from the clutches of academic amnesia, and to locate him as one of the foundational figures of intellectual refashioning among the common albeit educated public in nineteenth-century Bengal"-- Provided by publisher |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
Subject |
Datta, Akshaẏakumāra, 1820-1886 -- Criticism and interpretation
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SUBJECT |
Datta, Akshaẏakumāra, 1820-1886. fast (OCoLC)fst00211654 |
Subject |
Bengali literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Bengali literature.
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Intellectual life.
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SUBJECT |
Bengal (India) -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
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Subject |
India -- Bengal.
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2023028788 |
ISBN |
9781009339841 |
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1009339842 |
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