Essays on Indian Topics (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Beck, Theodore

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330844866 ISBN 13 : 9781330844861

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore the arguments shaping India’s future governance and the role of its civil service.

This collection gathers Theodore Beck’s observations on how India might become part of a modern political system. It examines obstacles to representative government, the knowledge gaps of the peasantry, and the need for an English-educated class to better understand and engage with Indian life. The writing invites readers to weigh reform ideas against the realities of a diverse empire.

• Understand the core debate over representative institutions in India and the concerns about feasibility and desirability.
• See how Beck analyzes the peasantry, political ignorance, and the balance between popular power and stable governance.
• Learn about the proposed paths for reform, including possible forms of representation and the role of the Civil Service.
• Consider the challenge of aligning imperial aims with local realities and the need for civil servants who truly live among the people.

Ideal for readers of history, imperial studies, and political reform, especially those curious about how governance questions were debated in colonial India.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The essays which are reprinted in this book are offered the public, not as forming a compilation of any intrinsic value, but as contributing to the discussion of current political topics. Indian questions will bear being looked at from a good many points of view. One point of view is that of the Member of Parliament at Westminster; another is that of the A nglo-I ndian official ;another, that of the Anglicised Native of the Presidency Towns ;and another, that of the thorough-going old-fashioned Oriental. The standpoint of the writer of these amoteur essays is that of an unofficial Englishman, whose work and whose tastes bring him into frequent contact with Oriental society. He speaks as one who prefers living in India to living in A nglo-I ndia, but whose sympathies with the wild theories of doctrinaire politicians are much affected by the fact that he has a thrdat that may be cut. In this respect, as an A nglo-I ndian, he stands at a disadvantage with English theorists on Indian politics. For he can hardly hope to attain to the impartiality and serenity of the English I ndo-politician, who, sitting in his comfortable arm-chair, can draw up paper constitutions for I ndia, unbiassed by the dread lest his wife and children should be butchered, or the labours of his life for the improvement of the people around him, his town or his country, should be swept into nothingness by an overwhelming deluge.
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Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Essays on Indian Topics

The essays which are reprinted in this book are offered the public, not as forming a compilation of any intrinsic value, but as contributing to the discussion of current political topics. Indian questions will bear being looked at from a good many points of view. One point of view is that of the Member of Parliament at Westminster; another is that of the Anglo-Indian official; another, that of the Anglicised Native of the Presidency Towns; and another, that of the thorough-going old-fashioned Oriental. The standpoint of the writer of these amoteur essays is that of an unofficial Englishman, whose work and whose tastes bring him into frequent contact with Oriental society. He speaks as one who prefers living in India to living in Anglo-India, but whose sympathies with the wild theories of doctrinaire politicians are much affected by the fact that he has a throat that may be cut. In this respect, as an Anglo-Indian, he stands at a disadvantage with English theorists on Indian politics. For he can hardly hope to attain to the impartiality and serenity of the English Indo-politician, who, sitting in his comfortable arm-chair, can draw up paper constitutions for India, unbiassed by the dread lest his wife and children should be butchered, or the labours of his life for the improvement of the people around him, his town or his country, should be swept into nothingness by an overwhelming deluge.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330844866
• ISBN 13: 9781330844861
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
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