Political Science · Comparative Political Analysis
UGC NET October 2022 Political Science
Who among the following has provided the 'Revisionist Theory of Modernity'?
ASteven Wilkinson
BSudipta Kaviraj ✓ Correct
CAtul Kohli
DFrancine R. Frankel
Correct answer: (B) Sudipta Kaviraj — Sudipta Kaviraj has provided a revisionist theory of modernity, so he is the answer.
Explanation
★Sudipta Kaviraj has provided a revisionist theory of modernity, so he is the answer.
★He argues that conventional models of modernity and its global spread are flawed.
★He holds that such theories need revision for the non-Western world.
★He illustrates this by analysing the role of the political in India's modernity.
★In India the state is central to the narrative of modernity.
★All institutions there are shaped by the state's selective mediation.
★Wilkinson, Kohli and Frankel work on Indian politics from other angles.
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