The Progressive Maharaja: Sir Madhava Rao's Hints on the Art and Science of Government - Couverture rigide

 
9780197657560: The Progressive Maharaja: Sir Madhava Rao's Hints on the Art and Science of Government
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ISBN 10 : 0197657567 ISBN 13 : 9780197657560
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2022

Synopsis

Hints on the Art and Science of Government was the first treatise on statecraft produced in modern India. It consists of lectures that Raja Sir T. Madhava Rao delivered in 1881 to Sayaji Rao Gaekwad III, the young Maharaja of Baroda. Universally considered the foremost Indian statesman of the nineteenth century, Madhava Rao had served as dewan (or prime minister) in the native states of Travancore, Indore and Baroda. Under his command, Travancore and Baroda came to be seen as 'model states', whose progress demonstrated that Indians were capable of governing well.

Rao's lectures summarise the fundamental principles underlying his unprecedented success. He explains how and why a Maharaja ought to marry the classical Indian ideal of raj dharma, which enjoins rulers to govern dutifully, with the modern English ideal of limited sovereignty. This makes Hints an exceptionally important text: it shows how, outside the confines of British India, Indians consciously and creatively sought to revise and adapt ideals in the interests of progress.

This landmark edition contains both the newly rediscovered, original lecture manuscripts; and an authoritative introduction, outlining Rao's remarkable career, his complicated relationship with Sayaji Rao III, and the reasons why his lectures have been neglected-until now.

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À propos de l'auteur

Rahul Sagar is Global Network Associate Professor of Political Science at New York University Abu Dhabi. He previously taught at Princeton University and Yale-NUS College. His first book, Secrets and Leaks: The Dilemma of State Secrecy, was awarded the Myres S. McDougal Prize and the Louis Brownlow Book Award.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0197657567
ISBN 13 
9780197657560
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
360
Éditeur
Sagar Rahul
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ISBN 10 :  1787385418 ISBN 13 :  9781787385412
Editeur : C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 2022
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