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Rathore, Aakash Singh         Indian political theory : laying the groundwork for svaraj / Aakash Singh Rathore.         x, 222 p. ; 24 cm         Introduction : time for a new orientalism? -- The thick and thin of svaraj -- Political theory and comparative political theory -- What is Indian political theory? -- Theories of "our" condition : Habermas and the post-secular turn -- Theories of "our" oppression : the critique of human rights -- Theories of "our" liberation : Rawls, Sen, and the romance of global justice -- An unkindness of theories : trans-Atlantic marxism, post-structuralism and post-colonial ethnographies -- Tradition, hybridity, equality -- Gandhi and Ambedkar -- Dalit svaraj.         ISBN9781138294585 : 495.00         1. Political science – Philosophy. – India         1. Politics and culture – India.         1. Political culture – India.         1. Nationalism – India.