Savaging the Civilized (PB)


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This evocative and beautifully written book brings to life one of the most remarkablefigures of twentieth-century India. Verrier Elwin (1902–64) was an anthropologist poetGandhian hedonist Englishman and Indian. Savaging the Civilized reveals a many-sidedman a friend of the elite who was at home with the impoverished and the destitute;a charismatic charmer of women who was comfortable with intellectuals such asArthur Koestler and Jawaharlal Nehru; an anthropologist who lived with and lovedthe tribes yet who wrote literary essays and monographs for the learned.Savaging the Civilized is both biography and history an exploration through Elwin’s life of some of the great debates of our times such as the impact of economic development and cultural pluralism versus cultural homogeneity. For this new edition Ramachandra Guha has updated the epilogue to take account of the growing influence of Naxalites in adivasi areas. He has also added a fresh introduction stressing the relevance of Elwin’s life and work to current debates on Indian democracy and pluralism.
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