The Early Modern in South Asia
The Early Modern in South Asia Did modernity arrive in South Asia with British colonialism? What might have that modernity looked like? Or was South Asia already modern by then? It brings together…
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The Early Modern in South Asia
Did modernity arrive in South Asia with British colonialism? What might have that modernity looked like? Or was South Asia already modern by then?
It brings together ten chapters, which collectively trace the contours of South Asia's early modernity between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. The Early Modern in South Asia engages with these questions. They do this by examining the nature of historical change in various domains, including philosophy, warfare, law, environment, politics, violence, religion, and society.
The chapters argue that in all these fields, there were noticeable developments during this period, marking a shift from the medieval to the early modern. The introductory chapter contextualizes this by analysing the politics of periodization in history-writing across the world. It discusses the meanings of the relatively new concept of early modernity and the
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