Conservatism in India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10076392 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Howard L Erdman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 791-802 |
| Publication date | 1978-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0094 • E-ISSN: 1461-7250 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002200947801300409 |
| OpenAlex | W2040235226 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
It is often found surprising that Indian conservatism, as an organized political force, appears very weak, despite the country's ancient and well-rooted traditions. For example, in the 1930s a self-declared conservative, the Maharajah of Rewa, remarked: 'it must seem strange ... that in a country whose ways of life are so dominated by custom and tradition as India, there should be no political party which calls itself conservative.' Nothing has come of his prediction that with emancipation from British tutelage 'a strong party of experienced and responsible politicians will emerge, which will call itself the Conservative Party.' Well after independence two leading students of Indian affairs wrote that
Conservatism · Economic history · Emancipation · Epistemology · Independence (probability theory · Nothing · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · History · Law · Philosophy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Social and Economic Development in India · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2018 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |