{"product_id":"legalizing-the-revolution-india-and-the-constitution-of-the-postcolony-paperback-softback-9781009525244","title":"Legalizing the Revolution; India and the Constitution of the Postcolony (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009525244","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLegalizing the Revolution\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIndia and the Constitution of the Postcolony\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTheorizes the project of instituting a postcolonial order following decolonization, though an account of the Indian constitution.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSandipto Dasgupta (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009525244, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 October 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15 x 3 cm, 0.65 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This account of the origins of the Indian constitution is nothing short of heroic, and its relevance to our global present is plain. Arrestingly, Sandipto Dasgupta lifts promotional and romanticizing frames - however appealing in the face of far-right politics today - in order to recapture the promise of postcolonial democracy without ignoring imperial legacies of constitutionalism itself and material realities that elite legalism confirmed as much as challenged. Lurking beneath contemporary appropriations that excessively centre rights and judges rather than class and parliamentarism, Dasgupta provides authentic access to the stakes of the moment - and our own.' Samuel Moyn, Yale University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAnticolonial movements of the twentieth century generated ambitious ideas of freedom. Following decolonization, the challenge was to give an institutional form to those ideas. Through an original account of India's constitution making, Legalizing the Revolution explores the promises, challenges, and contradictions of that task. In contrast to derived templates, Dasgupta theorizes the distinctively postcolonial constitution through an innovative synthesis of the history of decolonization and constitutional theory. The book traces the contentious transition from the tumult of popular anticolonial politics to the ordered calculus of postcolonial governance; and then explains how major institutions – parliament, judiciary, rights, property – were formed by that foundational tension. A major contribution to postcolonial political theory, the book excavates the unrealized futures of decolonization. At the same time, through a critical account of the making of the postcolonial constitutional order, it offers keys to understanding the present crisis of that order, including and especially in India.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: Decolonization and Constitution\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Revolution without a Revolution: 1. The Anticolonial Movement\u003cbr\u003e 2. Transformations\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Authors: 3. They, The People\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Constituent Administrator\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Institutions: 5. Democracy and Parliamentarism\u003cbr\u003e 6. Rights and Repression\u003cbr\u003e 7. Property and Labour\u003cbr\u003e 8. Judiciary and Lawyers\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Postcolonial Afterlives of Law and Revolution\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: The Biographies of the Indian Constitution\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Constitution: government \u0026amp; the state [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Constitution: government \u0026amp; the state\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Constitution:%20government%20\u0026amp;%20the%20state%20%5BJPHC%5D%22\"\u003eJPHC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52462966505752,"sku":"9781009525244","price":29.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009525244i.jpg?v=1785543691","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/legalizing-the-revolution-india-and-the-constitution-of-the-postcolony-paperback-softback-9781009525244","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}