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Intervening on the Indian Renaissance, or a User’s Guide to the Dreary Sands of Dead Habit

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In response to the publication of a lively new volume on modern Indian philosophy during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, this essay offers four brief interventions intended to prompt further critical reflection on the concept of the Indian Renaissance.

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Hatcher, B.A. Intervening on the Indian Renaissance, or a User’s Guide to the Dreary Sands of Dead Habit. SOPHIA 58, 13–17 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11841-019-0722-9

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