Justice : political, social, juridical
By: edited by Rajeev Bhargava, Michael Dusche, Helmut Reifeld.
Contributors: Bhargava, Rajeev.; Dusche, Michael.; Reifeld, Helmut.
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Delhi; Thousand Oaks
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9780761936473
Subjects: Social justice -- India; Caste -- India; Social justice in literature
Description: Papers presented at the Conference: Justice : Political, Social, Juridical, held at Jaisalmer in November 2003.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Reflections of justice in religious traditions and beyond. 1. Natural inequality : conceptualising justice in Brahmanical discourses / Kunal Chakrabarti. 2. Justice and political authority in medieval Indian Islam / Najaf Haider. 3. Traditional conceptions of justice in Christianity / Gerhard Kruip. 4. World society and global justice : a cosmopolitan perspective / Michael Dusche.; title: Part II. Reflections of justice in literary traditions. 5. Poetic and social justice : some reflections on the Premchand : Dalit controversy / Alok Rai. 6. Representation and testimony : Anand's novels and the problem of justice / Udaya Kumar.; title: Part III. Demanding justice. 7. Slum development as a justice forum / Roma Chatterjee. 8. Environment and justice : the public "purpose" of water / Satyajit Singh. 9. Class, democracy, and conceptions of justice in India / Vidhu Verma. 10. Tribe and justice / Virginius Xaxa.