Ashis Nandy

The book would be very important since few scholarly assessments of Ashis Nandy's work exist ... One of the most original social scientists in India, Ashis Nandy's writings have contributed enormously towards evolving serious intellectual conversations on India. His influence has been justly great in academia as well as in discussions of development and modernity outside university spaces. The range of essays in the proposed volume is rich and impressive ... The list of contributors, which includes Indians as well as non-Indians, clarify the civilizational nature of Nandy's work. And, by showing how his work can be pushed in new directions, many of the submitted essays invite others to evolve a creative relationship with his work. * Chandan Gowda, Professor of Sociology, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru *
I welcome the idea of putting such a volume together, with a bunch of excellent essays drawn from across a wide range of disciplines inspired and indebted to the life work of Ashish Nandy ... one of the most remarkable postcolonial thinkers whose concerns, provocations and analyses have shaped much of modern social science scholarship in India and elsewhere. The consistent synthesis of brilliant arguments, unsettling insights and eclectic conceptual geographies make it necessary to address Nandy's intellectual universe in a comprehensive way and the proposed volume is precisely such an effort. * Rajarshi Dasgupta, Assistant Professor, Centre for Political Studies, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi *