At the Edges of Empire Essays in the Social and Intellectual History of India

Rosalind O’Hanlon

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560 pages, Rs 995

In this first major collection of her essays, Oxford historian O’ Hanlon engages with key Indian cultural and intellectual issues. The book reflects her interest both in the leading theoretical debates of recent years, particularly in the Subaltern Studies project, and in the development of path-breaking approaches to questions about caste, gender and religious cultures across a range of historical milieus. The essays cover a broad period, from the development of new understandings of Brahmin community and intellectual identity in early modern India to the conflict over the Babri Masjid at Ayodhya.