{"product_id":"patriots-and-partisans","title":"Patriots and Partisans","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDETAILS : \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor : Ramachandra Guha\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublication date ‏ : ‎ 1 October 2013\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdition ‏ : ‎ Latest Edition\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎ English\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrint length ‏ : ‎ 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 014342114X \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780143421146\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eItem Weight ‏ : ‎ 550 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE BOOK \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"0\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePatriots and Partisans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e is a critically acclaimed collection of essays by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"73\" class=\"\"\u003eRamachandra Guha\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e one of India’s most prominent historians and public intellectuals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Published in 2012,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e the book serves as a diagnostic look at the health of Indian democracy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eGuha explores the vast middle ground between two extremes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e the uncritical \"Patriot\" who loves their country while acknowledging its flaws,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e and the \"Partisan\" who is blinded by singular ideologies,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e whether they be religious,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e political,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e or linguistic. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn and raised in Dehradun, Ramachandra Guha studied at the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDelhi School of Economics and at the Indian Institute of Management,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKolkata, where he wrote a doctoral dissertation on the Chipko\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003emovement. He has pioneered three distinct fields of historical inquiry:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eenvironmental history (as in The Unquiet Woods, 1989), the social\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehistory of sport (A Corner of a Foreign Field, 2002), and contemporary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehistory (India After Gandhi, 2007). He is also the author of Savaging\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe Civilized: Verrier Elwin, His Tribals, and India (1999), which is\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003esoon to appear in a new edition from Penguin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe is now working on a major biography of Mahatma Gandhi, the first\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003evolume of which will be published by Penguin towards the end of 2013.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGuha's awards include the Leopold-Hidy Prize of the American Society\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003efor Environmental History, the UK Cricket Society Prize, the Malcolm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdiseshiah Prize for excellence in social science research, the Sahitya\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAkademi Award, and the Padma Bhushan. His books and essays have\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebeen translated into more than twenty languages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51368046231850,"sku":"VASY-B099NN63X4","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/1218\/4618\/files\/71agtjcNNJL._SL1500.jpg?v=1775129081","url":"https:\/\/crazyshelf.com\/products\/patriots-and-partisans","provider":"Crazyshelf.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}