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The Making of History

Essays Presented to Irfan Habib

By: Irfan Habib,K. N. Panikkar,T. J. Byres,Utsa Patnaik

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The Making of History

Essays Presented to Irfan Habib

By: Irfan Habib,K. N. Panikkar,T. J. Byres,Utsa Patnaik

A Marxist scholar and historian, Irfan Habib has been a towering presence in the Indian intellectual scene for over four decades. His formidable intellectual reputation, established in the sixties with the publication of The Agrarian System of Mughal India, broadened as he became an authority in the entire area of Indian history from ancient to modern. Professor Habib's undiminished commitment to the cause of socialism is reflected in these highly original and bold analyses of Marxist historiography and theories of socialist construction. This volume comprises essays from scholars around the world representing the wide variety of Habib's interests and contributions. Ranging from history to politics and economics, the essays cover both the medieval period and modern India, as well as theories for the future of this emerging superpower. This special edition also features an essay by Irfan Habib, originally published as The Economic History of Medieval India: A Survey, covering the Delhi Sultanate, the Vijayanagara economy and the economy of Mughal India.

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Anthem Press

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1843310384

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9781843310389

Inquilab

Bhagat Singh on Religion and Revolution

By: Syed Irfan Habib

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Bhagat Singh on Religion and Revolution

By: Syed Irfan Habib

Extolled for his extraordinary courage and sacrifice, Bhagat Singh is one of our most venerated freedom fighters. He is valourised for his martyrdom, and rightly so, but in the ensuing enthusiasm, most of us forget, or consciously ignore, his contributions as an intellectual and a thinker. He not only sacrificed his life, like many others did before and after him, but he also had a vision of independent India. In the current political climate, when it has become routine to appropriate Bhagat Singh as a nationalist icon, not much is known or spoken about his nationalist vision. Inquilab provides a corrective to such a situation by bringing together some of Bhagat Singh's seminal writings on his pluralist and egalitarian vision. It compels the reader to see that while continuing to celebrate the memory of Bhagat Singh as a martyr and a nationalist, we must also learn about his intellectual legacy. This important book also makes a majority of these writings, hitherto only available in Hindi, accessible for the first time to the English-language readership.

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Simon and Schuster

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9392099886

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9789392099885

Essays in Indian History

Towards a Marxist Perception ; With, The Economic History of Medieval India: a Survey

By: Irfan Habib

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Essays in Indian History

Towards a Marxist Perception ; With, The Economic History of Medieval India: a Survey

By: Irfan Habib

This volume offers a collection of several of Professor Habib's essays, providing an insightful interpretation of the main currents in Indian history.

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Anthem Press

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1843310252

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9781843310259

Jihad Or Itjihad

Religious Orthodoxy And Modern Science In Contemporary India

By: S. Irfan Habib

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Jihad Or Itjihad

Religious Orthodoxy And Modern Science In Contemporary India

By: S. Irfan Habib

While Europe was still stuck in the Dark Ages, scientists in the Islamic world were tranlsating Aristotle, and making huge strides in astronomy, mathematics and philosophy. Two thousand years later, the idea of 'scientific progress' seems to be locked in a hopeless war with Islam. When and how did Islam lose its enthusiasm for the workings of the natural world? S. Irfan Habib, one of the country's foremost historians, traces teh trajectomy of how 'mainstream' Islam came to question modern science - beginning with the reformers of the nineteenth century and ending with present-day idealogoues. Through the lives of famous men like Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, he demonstrates that the modern-day promulagtion of Islam and its followers as 'anti-modern' and 'anti-science' is a myth that leads, quite literally, to explosives consequences. Habib also channels his scholarship to both history and Islam to question the controversial idea of 'Islamic science' as a category distinct from 'modern', 'Eurocentric' science. In an engaging, easy style that belies the weightiness of the questions it seeks to answer, Jihad or Itijihad challenges both stereotypes and propaganda. This book places in perspective the relationship between Islam and science today.

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208

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Harper Collins

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9350295563

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9789350295564

History of civilizations of Central Asia

Development in contrast: from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century

By: Adle, Chahryar,Baipakov, Karl M.,Habib, Irfan,UNESCO

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History of civilizations of Central Asia

Development in contrast: from the sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century

By: Adle, Chahryar,Baipakov, Karl M.,Habib, Irfan,UNESCO

The period treated in this volume is highlighted by the slow retreat of nomadism and the progressive increase of sedentary polities owing to a fundamental change in military technology: Furthermore, this period certainly saw a growing contrast in the pace of economic and cultural progress between Central Asia and Europe. The internal growth of the European economies and the influx of silver from the New World gave Atlantic Europe an increasingly important position in world trade and caused a major shift in inland Asian trade. Thus, 1850 marks the end of the total sway of pre-modern culture as the extension of colonial dominance was accompanied by the influx of modern ideas.

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UNESCO Publishing

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9231038761

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9789231038761

Mathematics for Social Scientists

Learning Essential Foundational Skills

By: Shobha Bagai,Amber Habib,Geetha Venkataraman

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Mathematics for Social Scientists

Learning Essential Foundational Skills

By: Shobha Bagai,Amber Habib,Geetha Venkataraman

This book helps readers bridge the gap between school-level mathematical skills and the quantitative and analytical skills required at the professional level. It presents basic mathematical concepts in an everyday context, enabling readers to pick up skills with ease. Mathematics for Social Scientists: • Focuses on building foundational skills in reasoning, data analysis and quantitative methods that are a requisite for progressing to higher levels; • Helps readers express mathematical ideas in the form of sets, analyse arguments and their validity mathematically, interpret and handle data, and understand the concept and use of probability; • Includes a dedicated chapter on symmetry, perspective and art to encourage readers to reason, model and objectively evaluate everyday situations. The volume will be useful to students of various disciplines in Social Sciences and Liberal Arts. It will also be an invaluable companion to practitioners of social sciences, humanities and life sciences, as well as schoolteachers at the middle and higher secondary level.

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408

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Taylor & Francis

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1040086942

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9781040086940

Shades of Islam

Poems for a New Century

By: Rafey Habib

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Shades of Islam

Poems for a New Century

By: Rafey Habib

These poems offer a window onto the sensibility of a modern American Muslim, with unflinching honesty and richly informed compassion. The great humanistic tradition of poetry known in Arabic and other Eastern languages here finds a contemporary English voice, which will be recognized like a lost friend who has unaccountably been rediscovered."—Carl W. Ernst, William R. Kenan Junior Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill This dazzling and moving new collection of poems addresses faith, love, politics, and Islam in the twenty-first century. Ráfey Habib is professor of English at Rutgers University, New Jersey.

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Kube Publishing Ltd

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1847740995

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9781847740991

South Africa’s Suspended Revolution

Hopes and Prospects

By: Adam Habib

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South Africa’s Suspended Revolution

Hopes and Prospects

By: Adam Habib

South Africa’s Suspended Revolution tells the story of South Africa’s democratic transition and the prospects for the country to develop a truly inclusive political system. Beginning with an account of the transition in the leadership of the African National Congress from Thabo Mbeki to Jacob Zuma, the book then broadens its lens to examine the relationship of South Africa’s political elite to its citizens. It also examines the evolution of economic and social policies through the democratic transition, as well as the development of a postapartheid business community and a foreign policy designed to re-engage South Africa with the world community. Written by one of South Africa’s leading scholars and political commentators, the book combines historical and contemporary analysis with strategies for an alternative political agenda. Adam Habib connects the lessons of the South African experience with theories of democratic transition, social change, and conflict resolution. Political leaders, scholars, students, and activists will all find material here to deepen their understanding of the challenges and opportunities of contemporary South Africa.

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Ohio University Press

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0821444778

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9780821444771

Rebels and Rage

Reflecting on #FeesMustFall

By: Adam Habib

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Rebels and Rage

Reflecting on #FeesMustFall

By: Adam Habib

Adam Habib, the most prominent and outspoken university official through the recent student protests, takes a characteristically frank view of the past three years on South Africa's campuses in this new book. Habib charts the progress of the student protests that erupted on Wits University campus in late 2015 and raged for the better part of three years, drawing on his own intimate involvement and negotiation with the students, and also records university management and government responses to the events. He critically examines the student movement and individual student leaders who emerged under the banners #feesmustfall and #Rhodesmustfall, and debates how to achieve truly progressive social change in South Africa, on our campuses and off. This book is both an attempt at a historical account and a thoughtful reflection on the issues the protests kicked up, from the perspective not only of a high-ranking member of university management, but also Habib as political scientist with a background as an activist during the struggle against apartheid. Habib moves between reflecting on the events of the last three years on university campuses, and reimagining the future of South African higher education. Adam Habib, the most prominent and outspoken university official through the recent student protests, takes a characteristically frank view of the past three years on South Africa's campuses in this new book. Habib charts the progress of the student protests that erupted on Wits University campus in late 2015 and raged for the better part of three years, drawing on his own intimate involvement and negotiation with the students, and also records university management and government responses to the events. He critically examines the student movement and individual student leaders who emerged under the banners #feesmustfall and #Rhodesmustfall, and debates how to achieve truly progressive social change in South Africa, on our campuses and off. This book is both an attempt at a historical account and a thoughtful reflection on the issues the protests kicked up, from the perspective not only of a high-ranking member of university management, but also Habib as political scientist with a background as an activist during the struggle against apartheid. Habib moves between reflecting on the events of the last three years on university campuses, and reimagining the future of South African higher education.

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Jonathan Ball Publishers

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1868428974

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Essays in Indian History

Towards a Marxist Perception ; With, The Economic History of Medieval India: a Survey

By: Irfan Habib

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Essays in Indian History

Towards a Marxist Perception ; With, The Economic History of Medieval India: a Survey

By: Irfan Habib

This volume offers a collection of several of Professor Habib's essays, providing an insightful interpretation of the main currents in Indian history.

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Anthem Press

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1843310252

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The Agrarian System of Mughal India

1556-1707

By: Irfan Habib

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The Agrarian System of Mughal India

1556-1707

By: Irfan Habib

This book presents a detailed historical analysis of the agrarian conditions in pre-colonial India. It examines areas like land revenue, administration, and agrarian economy and social structure in the Mughal period. The new edition includes a new prologue.

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OUP India

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0198077424

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9780198077428

Inquilab

Bhagat Singh on Religion and Revolution

By: Syed Irfan Habib

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Bhagat Singh on Religion and Revolution

By: Syed Irfan Habib

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Simon and Schuster

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9392099886

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Medieval India

The Study of Civilization

By: Irfan Habib

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Medieval India

The Study of Civilization

By: Irfan Habib

Covers the period, 600 A.D. to 1750 A.D.

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308

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NBT India

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8123752555

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9788123752556

A People's History of India 14

Economic History of India, AD 1206-1526, the Period of the Delhi Sultanate and the Vijayanagara Empire

By: Irfan Habib

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A People's History of India 14

Economic History of India, AD 1206-1526, the Period of the Delhi Sultanate and the Vijayanagara Empire

By: Irfan Habib

This volume explores the economic and social history of India from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century. It describes the agrarian order, urban economy, and trading world during the Delhi Sultanate, the subsequent period of political divisions, and conditions in the Vijayanagara Empire, which flourished during this period in south India.

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Tulika Books

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8193401573

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9788193401576

Braj Bhūm in Mughal Times

The State, Peasants and Gosā'ins

By: Irfan Habib,Tarapada Mukherjee

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Braj Bhūm in Mughal Times

The State, Peasants and Gosā'ins

By: Irfan Habib,Tarapada Mukherjee

Reconstructed history of three villages separately studied (Vrindavan, Radhakund and Rajpur), Mathura District, Western Uttar Pradesh, India.

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9389850231

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9789389850239

Domesticating Modern Science

A Social History of Science and Culture in Colonial India

By: Dhruv Raina,S. Irfan Habib

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Domesticating Modern Science

A Social History of Science and Culture in Colonial India

By: Dhruv Raina,S. Irfan Habib

The essays in this volume examine the cultural reception of modern science in late colonial India. They show how the first generation of Indian scientists responded to and creatively worked the theories and practices of modern science into their cultural idiom. The process of cultural legitimation of modern science is revealed through the debates surrounding these theories. The first set of essays deals with the encounter between the rationality of modern science and the exact sciences as portrayed by missionaries and British administrators, and so-called traditional ways of knowing. A second set of essays shifts the focus of attention to Calcutta between the late nineteenth and early twentieth century when it virtually functioned as India s scientific capital. The essays examine the reception of theories of science such as that of biological evolution and the rejection of social Darwinism. Further, a new set of concerns of scientific and technical education and the installation of modern scientific and technological research systems acquired central importance by the end of the nineteenth century. These concerns dovetailed with the thinking of the emerging nationalist movement, and the essays that discuss the larger Indian picture indicate how the scientific community enlisted the political elite into its vision, and how this very elite drew upon the nascent scientific community in the project of decolonization. Dhruv Raina teaches at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. S. Irfan Habib is a scientist at the National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi.. . . a collection of essays which seeks to examine . . . the cultural offensive [of modernity] during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.The Book Review

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The Making of History

The Making of History

Inquilab

Inquilab

Essays in Indian History

Essays in Indian History

Jihad Or Itjihad

Jihad Or Itjihad

History of civilizations of Central Asia

History of civilizations of Central Asia

Mathematics for Social Scientists

Mathematics for Social Scientists

Shades of Islam

Shades of Islam

South Africa’s Suspended Revolution

South Africa’s Suspended Revolution

Rebels and Rage

Rebels and Rage

Essays in Indian History

Essays in Indian History

The Agrarian System of Mughal India

The Agrarian System of Mughal India

Inquilab

Inquilab

Medieval India

Medieval India

A People's History of India 14

A People's History of India 14

Braj Bhūm in Mughal Times

Braj Bhūm in Mughal Times

Domesticating Modern Science

Domesticating Modern Science

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