Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

Patra, Reena Thakur, Ethnic Identity, Nationalism and Culture: Phenomenological Grounding for Otherness in the North East India. XII, 166 pp. 2025:2 (P. Lang, SZ) <746-78>
ISBN 978-1-80374-745-3 paper ¥18,884.- (税込) SFR 74.00

This book discusses various dimensions of the philosophical problems posed by the conception of identity. It looks at philosophical debates centred on ethnic identity, nationalism, and culture, where phenomenological grounding for otherness in Northeast India is extensively studied. It hermeneutically analyses tribal culture, religion, tradition of different ethnic groups that inhabit in Northeast India. The book highlights important issues the tribals here are facing today that are linked to their cultural religion and traditional life. It also examines how humans develop an understanding of themselves vis-a-vis their relationships with others. The philosophical discussion on the concept of tribal as a category of ontology is attempted to offer certain manifested realities on the problems entailed by the question ≪Who is the Other≫? It also discusses nationalism and the search for the other’s otherness as a value signifier of identity, and how each of the different identities has a relative significance in different contexts.

Tausig, Mark / Subedi, Janardan / Ghimire, Saruna (eds.), Population Aging in Societal Context: Evidence from Nepal. (Routledge Contemporary Asia Series) 248 pp. 2025:7 (Routledge, UK) <746-367>
ISBN 978-1-041-02343-2 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This book offers an explanatory schema for comprehending aging in a societal context, focusing on the case study of Nepal.Contributions to this book use an institutional contextual approach and a life course perspective to document and assess societal responses to the increase in older adults in a given country. This emerging age group entails the development of new and modified social institutions, new and modified cultural norms, and the reallocation of social resources within each country. The study represent an efficient means to understand the status and needs of older adults systematically and to orient policies and programs intended to address the increase in the older population. It can be applied to other countries grappling with similar challenges of rapid population aging and significant social change.A pioneering effort in understanding aging as a social process embedded in social, economic, cultural, and life course contexts, this book fills a gap in Asian Studies, Social Policy and Population Studies.

Islam, Rafiq / Rahman, AHM Mustafizur et al. (eds.), Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation to Improve Food Security in South Asia. 368 pp. 2025:6 (CRC Pr., US) <746-298>
ISBN 978-1-032-62849-3 hard ¥37,180.- (税込) GB￡ 130.00 *

Both food security and agriculture contribute to, and are affected by, global climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports that food production systems account for up to 37% of global greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time, these systems are increasingly vulnerable to climate change, with extreme weather events such as rising temperatures, flooding, drought, secondary salinity, and land degradation threatening food security in South Asia. Additionally, the spread of weeds, pests, and diseases due to shifting climates exacerbates these challenges. The strain on agriculture and food security from accelerated climate change is further worsening by rapid population growth. Globally, more than 820 million people suffer from hunger, and by 2050, food production will need to double to meet global demands. This intensification of farming, combined with climate change, will lead to greater reliance on reactive chemicals, water, and energy inputs-potentially damaging agroecosystem services and becoming increasingly difficult to manage. South Asia, with its high population growth, is particularly vulnerable to climate impacts such as flooding, salinity, droughts, and solar dimming. Rising sea levels and coastal erosion could result in the loss of 17% of land surface and 30% of food production by 2050.Agriculture and food systems must undergo innovative transformations to address these challenges. A comprehensive Climate Change Adaption Framework is essential for fostering a supportive policy environment, sharing information on climate impacts, and adapting climate-smart agriculture to enhance food security in South Asia. This book, based on the outcomes of the 2022 International Conference on Climate Change and Food security in South Asia, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, explores key challenges and innovative solutions for mitigating and adapting to the impact of climate change on food security.

Parray, Tauseef Ahmad, Perspectives on Interpreting Islam in the Contemporary Indo-Pak Subcontinent: Issues and Trends. XXII, 242 pp. 2025:2 (P. Lang, SZ) <746-148>
ISBN 978-1-80374-694-4 paper ¥20,416.- (税込) SFR 80.00

≪A most welcome addition to the growing literature on South Asian Muslim thinkers and their contributions to modern Islamic religious and intellectual thought. … In its various chapters, the author provides us with a sweeping, panoramic survey of the thought of contemporary Muslim scholars in the subcontinent on some major critically vital topics.≫ (Professor Asma Afsaruddin, Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, Indiana University Bloomington, USA 　 ≪Tauseef Parray’s survey of present-day thinking about the role of religion in Muslim South Asia forms a welcome addition to the literature on contemporary Islamic intellectual history. Set against the background of the tradition versus modernity debate, this book not only addresses perennial themes pertaining to Islam’s sacred scripture and its messenger but also engages central issues concerning politics, law and society through the writings of select thinkers from this most populous region of the Muslim world.≫ (Professor Dr Carool Kersten, Research Professor of Islamic Studies, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium) 　 ≪Mapping out the intellectual Islamic tradition in the Indo-Pak Subcontinent landscape has evoked divergent discourses, representing the rich repository of Islamic thought which has evolved in the last century. Dr Tauseef Ahmad Parray’s Perspectives on Interpreting Islam in the Contemporary Indo-Pak Subcontinent is the latest addition to this trend, which is centred on prominent intellectuals who have honed their traditional Islamic learning with their academic credentials to present a worldview of critical thinking on the fundamental sources of Islam on diverse issues.≫ (Dr Abdul Kader Choughley, Researcher/ Academic Advisor, Ahsan Academy of Research, Springs, South Africa) 　 The book discusses some major 21st century trends, issues and challenges of Islamic intellectual tradition vis-a-vis the contributions, academic outpouring and approaches of some prominent contemporary Muslim scholars of the Indo-Pak subcontinent within the broader context of ≪reformism≫ and through the lens of ≪reformist thought≫. It highlights some of the major currents and trends of Islamic thought by focusing on South Asian Muslim thinkers and their contributions to modern Islamic religious and intellectual thought. Set against the background of the tradition versus modernity debate, it addresses perennial themes pertaining to Islamic primary sources and engages in legal, socio-political and gender aspects through the writings of select thinkers of the subcontinent. The book is expected to benefit the students and scholars of Islamic Studies, South Asian Studies and allied subjects in assessing vernacular perspective on current religious, socio-legal and political discourses.

Gupta, Dipti, Framing India's Low Carbon Development Pathways. 200 pp. 2025:8 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <746-1067>
ISBN 978-1-009-58233-9 hard ¥21,450.- (税込) GB￡ 75.00
ISBN 978-1-009-58231-5 paper ¥6,860.- (税込) GB￡ 23.99

In the context of a developing country such as India and of the global commitment to limit the temperature rise, this book provides a comprehensive and novel approach on framing the low carbon development pathways. Data plays a critical role in accurate assessment so it gives a stepwise detail on reconciling national accounting statistics with energy balance data. Further, it explains the setting up of technology optimization and economy-wide macroeconomic framing models. These models have limitations when used in isolation so the book further elaborates on the soft coupling process to overcome the limitations of using individual models. Detailed examples using case studies illustrate the application of structured approach to determine net zero pathways and business decarbonisation scenarios. Future applications for important development questions related to net zero analysis are also enumerated.

Hegewald, Julia A. B. (ed.), Jaina Culture in Medieval Karnataka: Dominance, Dependency and Endurance. (Dependency and Slavery Studies 18) 800 pp. 2025:5 (de Gruyter, GW) <746-1068>
ISBN 978-3-11-168568-7 hard ¥28,763.- (税込) EUR 119.95 *

Why did the Jainas in Karnataka plunge from a position of supremacy into one of severe dependency? After a steep and steady rise throughout the region from about the fifth century CE, Jaina influence waned dramatically from the late eleventh or early twelfth centuries onwards. In this publication, specialists in Indian history, religious studies and anthropology, as well as historians of art and architecture, discuss various expressions of this sudden and detrimental decline and explore the reasons for it, focusing in particular on the relations of the Jainas with V?ra?aivas and Muslims. The evidence provided by the five international scholars, who offer insights from different disciplinal backgrounds, indicates that the reasons for the Jainas’ loss of authority in the region were manifold. Certain internal triggers, such as changes in Jaina social structure and religious practices, adversely affected their position over time. In particular, however, the withdrawal of royal patronage, the success of the V?ra?aivas as traders, and the emergence in the area at this time of a number of competing religious groups caused the Jainas to slip into a position of strong asymmetrical dependency.

Hornabrook, Jasmine / Clini, Clelia et al. (eds.), Partition and the South Asian Diaspora: Exploring (Inherited) Memories and Creative Practices of Remembering. 122 pp. 2025:6 (Routledge, UK) <746-1069>
ISBN 978-1-041-02835-2 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *

Conceived at the unique, intersecting moment of commemoration of 1947 Partition of British India, 1971 Bangladesh independence, and 1972 exodus from Uganda, this book focuses on the entangled memories of Partition and its associated events in the diaspora. The chapters in this book explore the cultural and social significance of diasporic memorialisation done in reference to Partition, as it overlaps with the commemoration of key historical moments of change for the South Asian diaspora.Bringing together scholars based in Bangladesh, India, and the UK and working within memory studies, history, ethnomusicology, sound studies, literature, film studies, postcolonial studies and media and communication, this edited volume reflects the transnational and interdisciplinary nature of the study of Partition memory in the diaspora and the multiple ways diasporic Partition memory is inherited and creatively remembered. It examines how Partition memory is actively constructed and communicated in media and cultural forms and delves into the particularity and potential in diasporic remembering of Partition memory, the role of arts and culture in remembering contested pasts and shared cultural heritage, and the impact these commemorations have on diasporic identities in the present.This book is essential reading for students, scholars, and researchers of South Asian diaspora studies, memory studies, postcolonial studies, and those interested in the intersections of history, culture, and identity in the diaspora.The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of South Asian Diaspora.

Joshi, Girija, Resilient Communities: Household, State, and Ecology in Southern Panjab, c.1750-1900. 343 pp. 2025:8 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <746-1071>
ISBN 978-1-009-51251-0 hard ¥25,740.- (税込) GB￡ 90.00

This book offers a historical perspective on the relationship between community, subsistence, and governance in north-western India. Focusing on Panjab, it explores the continuities in kinship and caste practices of rural Panjabi populations from the mid-eighteenth to late nineteenth centuries. Working from the household outwards, it studies how agropastoral lineages formed, and how some of these managed during the eighteenth century to establish autonomous states or riyasats of their own. From the early nineteenth century onwards, this riyasati order was systematically dismantled by the colonial state. Nevertheless, this book suggests that colonial attempts to settle and reform rural society, by changing both its relationship to the environment and by imposing new definitions of 'community' upon it were met with uneven success. Colonial subjects in rural Panjab continued to forge bonds of kinship beyond the legal limits imposed by the state.

Ranjan Chakravarty, Pinak, Transformation: Emergence of Bangladesh and Evolution of India-Bangladesh Ties. 234 pp. 2025:7 (Routledge, UK) <746-1076>
ISBN 978-1-041-07763-3 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This book explores India-Bangladesh bilateral ties over the past fifty years, tracing Bengal's history, the Partition, and the birth of Bangladesh. It examines Bangladesh's domestic challenges, including political turmoil after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, military interventions, the secularism-theocracy conflict, the Chakma revolt and insurgency, communal tensions, and the nation's economic recovery. The book provides an up-to-date analysis of bilateral issues and highlights PM Sheikh Hasina's transformative role in shaping India-Bangladesh relations, with her leadership guiding Bangladesh into the future.

Ray, Himanshu Prabha / Yadav, Ajay, Indian Archaeology After Independence: Amalananda Ghosh and His Legacy. 250 pp. 2025:8 (Routledge, UK) <746-1077>
ISBN 978-1-041-00258-1 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

The book studies the challenges faced by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in the first two and a half decades after Indian independence. It looks at the shifts in Government policies, how ASI found its feet in a global environment, and the new realities of economic development such as big dam constructions that invariably resulted in the submergence of archaeological sites. Based on unpublished archival data, this book highlights the contributions of the longest-serving Director-General Amalananda Ghosh and members of his staff. It thus provides a corrective to the histories of archaeology that describe the policies of the post-1947 Archaeological Survey of India as a continuation of colonial archaeologists such as Mortimer Wheeler, who was appointed Director-General at the cusp of Indian independence in 1944 by the British.The book will be indispensable to researchers and scholars of history, heritage studies and archaeology, and South Asian studies. It will also be of appeal to those interested in the history of archaeology and the development of the discipline in India

移民、ディアスポラ、開発－南アジアの視点
Sahoo, Ajaya K. (ed.), Migration, Diaspora, and Development: A South Asian Perspective. 188 pp. 2025:6 (Routledge, UK) <746-1078>
ISBN 978-1-041-02851-2 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *

This book addresses key challenges and issues faced by South Asians in the diaspora, focusing on irregular migration, remittances, gender, identity, and citizenship, and how they are intertwined, particularly in the context of globalization.South Asia has long played a significant role in the history of international migration. Today, its diasporas are among the largest in the world, reflecting the region's immense diversity. The diversity found in South Asia is also represented in the South Asian diasporas. From the perspective of globalization and transnational migrations, the contribution of diasporic South Asians to their homelands and the host societies is immense. Lately, South Asian diasporas' contribution to various ongoing and new development projects in their homelands has received the attention of researchers and policymakers alike. Hence, many homeland governments have taken multiple measures to woo the diasporas and vice versa. However, despite the efforts of the homeland, the diasporas continue to face various challenges, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, among others.This book is an essential resource for scholars, policymakers, and students interested in migration studies, South Asian studies, globalization, and transnationalism.The chapters in this book were originally published in South Asian Diaspora and are accompanied by a new Introduction.

Sanyal, Devapriya, Bollywood and the First Decade of Independence: Seven Directors in Search of a Nation. (Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series) 200 pp. 2025:7 (Routledge, UK) <746-1079>
ISBN 978-1-032-95558-2 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This book focuses on the cinema of the 1950s in India and analyses the work of seven filmmakers from mainstream Hindi cinema and how they responded to the independent Indian nation after 1947.The selection of key filmmakers instead of cinema in general shows individual trajectories within cinema. The book examines the change in preoccupations or representations in the work of a single filmmaker, followed by an interpretation about the meaning of those representations. The filmmakers were very prolific and their work was commercially successful. Each chapter studies five or six selected films of each filmmaker and also include some relevant biographical details. The book demonstrates that each filmmaker uses their own strategies to address independent India of the 1950s and how Hindu cinema interrogated the nation-state.A novel contribution to Indian cinema, especially Hindi cinema, during formative years of the 1950s, this book will be of interest to researchers in Film Studies, Gender Studies, Political Science and History, as well as South Asian society and culture.

Awasthi, Soumya, Diverse Narratives and Shared Beliefs: Classical to Hybrid Deoband Islam in South Asia. 212 pp. 2025:7 (Routledge, UK) <746-108>
ISBN 978-1-032-96371-6 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *

This book delves into the intricate tapestry of Deoband Islam in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Challenging simplistic narratives, it unveils the nuanced reality of Deoband Islam, revealing a diverse range of perspectives within the movement. It illuminates the movement's historical, social, and philosophical dimensions. It explores the movement's relationship with societal transformation and communal identity and its impact on the geopolitical dynamics of South Asia.The book offers a distinctive perspective on the Deoband school of thought in Islam by systematically categorising it into three distinct regional variants, each reflecting the unique socio-political context of its environment. The focus is on the Deoband school of thought, a strand within Sunni Islam that adheres to the philosophical framework of Ashari Maturidi. Critically examining its teachings uncovers the complexities and contradictions that shape Deobandi's thought, challenging popular assumptions and providing a fresh understanding. It also highlights the voices of Deobandi scholars and organisations who unequivocally denounce terrorism and actively work to counter radicalisation. Acknowledging their efforts, the book underscores the potential for dialogue and cooperation in promoting peace and understanding.With its comprehensive approach and thought-provoking analysis, this book is essential for scholars, policymakers, political science departments, theology, sociology, international relations, security studies, and South Asian studies.

Singh, Binti, Cities of India: Changes and Choices. 112 pp. 2025:7 (Routledge, UK) <746-1080>
ISBN 978-1-032-78018-4 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

Urban India stands at an interesting moment in history-at the cusp of massive changes and cautious choices. This book maps the new challenges and subsequent choices that emerge as India transitions into more urbanized situations, both spatially and culturally-to cleaner and renewable energy, integrating these new norms into the built environment, providing affordable and accessible physical and social infrastructure to all citizens, addressing the disproportionate climate risks of vulnerable communities, responding to the forces of globalization, conserving our heritage assets, deploying smart technologies for better city governance, designing for all, integrating hard and soft city dimensions for better policy outcomes and greater environmental and social impacts. It underlines and explores the nuances of urban design and urban planning, as well as how they are inextricably enmeshed with sustainability and climate action.The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of urban studies, sociology, South Asian Studies, built environment, sustainability and climate studies, urban design and urban planning.

Varman, Rohit / Poruthiyil, Prabhir Vishnu (eds.), Fascism and Corporations in 'New' India. 312 pp. 2025:8 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <746-1082>
ISBN 978-1-009-60555-7 hard ¥25,740.- (税込) GB￡ 90.00

This volume examines how the rise of Hindutva to power is linked to the interests of large corporations in neoliberal India. It interprets Hindutva as a fascist force and as a capitalist counter-revolution wearing a popular mask that demands a repressive imposition of order to facilitate accumulation. The book delves into different aspects of the relationship between Hindutva and large corporations. Various chapters cast in high relief how the fascist shields of religion and nationalism are deployed to further corporate profiteering. This book is also a reminder that fascism has inherent limitations and is incapable of resolving crises that give rise to it. However, its ascendance, albeit temporary, is causing widespread destruction. The volume argues that fascist destruction in contemporary India can only be effectively restricted by containing the ravages of neoliberalism and corporate loot.

Veerapandian, Suba, Sociopolitical Movements of a Century in Tamil Nadu. 208 pp. 2025:6 (Routledge, UK) <746-1083>
ISBN 978-1-032-82372-0 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *

Sociopolitical Movements of a Century in Tamil Nadu spans a century of sociopolitical struggles-protests, rebellions, agitations, revolutions, and movements-that took place in Tamil Nadu from 1921 to 2020. In an attempt to unearth the historical truths buried by the dominant ideologies, Dr Suba. Veerapandian has employed a sagacious combination of the subaltern and postmodern approaches to history in analysing the struggles to uplift the socially, linguistically, culturally and politically marginalized people of Tamil Nadu. Subavee's subtlety laced with sarcasm engrosses the readers, making the book a gripping narrative of the sociopolitical history of Tamil Nadu. The book celebrates the rich heritage of resistance put forth by leaders such as Periyar EVR, Arignar Anna and Kalaignar Karunanidhi to anarchy and oppression, and links the past to the present, censuring the sociopolitical ideologies that trample societies through cultural hegemony.

Periyar必携
Venkatachalapathy, A. R. / Manoharan, Karthick Ram (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to Periyar. (Cambridge Companions to Sociology) 400 pp. 2025:8 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <746-1084>
ISBN 978-1-009-60536-6 hard ¥21,450.- (税込) GB￡ 75.00
ISBN 978-1-009-60535-9 paper ¥10,864.- (税込) GB￡ 37.99

The Cambridge Companion to Periyar is a timely academic intervention which brings together scholars working on different aspects of modern Tamil politics, taking diverse perspectives, to comment on Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, the significant thinker whose thoughts inform political practices in contemporary Tamil Nadu. As the chapters seek to demonstrate, Periyar's thoughts can have a pan-Indian and a global significance, informing conversations on caste, gender, religion, regionalism, nationalism, and social justice. Likewise, in the wake of wider conversations on bringing diversity to the academic disciplines, this volume on Periyar will draw attention to a non-canonical thinker whose important intellectual and political contributions transcend the limits of his context. The volume brings together established academics in the field as well as early career researchers to provide the first of its kind companion to Periyar. Tapping new sources, challenging myths, and crossing disciplinary boundaries, this volume presents a Periyar for the times.

21世紀のインド太平洋におけるインドの役割
Lukaszuk, Tomasz, India's Role in the Indian Ocean Region in the 21st Century: Maritime Governance Perspective. 174 pp. 2025:7 (Routledge, UK) <746-1013>
ISBN 978-1-032-91243-1 hard ¥40,040.- (税込) GB￡ 140.00

The book explores India's role as a normative power, with solid credentials based on a long history of thalassic experience of states of South India. It examines how India has been interpreting international law and rules for exploitation of living and non-living resources in her way.The book presents an analysis of India's activities in four key areas of maritime governance and a description of its roles in the Indian Ocean Region. It highlights India as a maritime security and sustainable maritime development model alternative to the Chinese. The volume also showcases a holistic, interdisciplinary picture of India's maritime policy and thoroughly explains its historical and semiotic background. Further, it discusses India's endeavours as a new version of the ASEAN+ cooperation model combined with the US hub and spoke system adapted to new time and place conditions.Researchers interested in India, the Indian Ocean, and maritime affairs in general would find the book informative and systemizing knowledge about maritime governance in the Indian Ocean Region. The book will be useful to the students, researchers, and teachers from the departments of International Relations, Political Science, Economics, Public Policy & Administration, and Defence Studies. It will especially be useful read for diplomats, policy analysts, think tank members, and those interested in international law of the sea and maritime research centers. It also offers practical insights for those interested in Indian foreign policy, the Indian Ocean Region, and maritime governance in general, scholars researching the role of states in international relations, the instruments of foreign policies of emerging powers in the Global South, and the maritime strategies of developing countries.

Verma, Raj (ed.), Why China Intruded along the Disputed Border with India in May 2020? 121 pp. 2025:7 (Routledge, UK) <746-1024>
ISBN 978-1-041-03586-2 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00 *

This edited volume provides a holistic explanation for China's incursions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in May 2020. It seeks to inform policy and build a bridge between policy and practice.Why did China intrude along the disputed border with India in May 2020? This question has baffled governments, policy makers, scholars and analysts across the globe. There is no clarity even in the Indian government regarding China's intrusions at multiple points along the LAC in May 2020. Contributors examine factors such as China's domestic politics, China's foreign and security policies and strategies, China's strategic culture, domestic factors and politics in India, India's infrastructure development along the LAC, China's rising material capabilities and the shift in the overall balance of power between India and China, India's foreign policy especially India-US relations, Sino-Indian relations and Sino-Indian rivalry in the Indo-Pacific. Contributors to this edited volume seek to inform Indian policy makers by providing solutions to enhance India's deterrence against China and prevent further land grab and also examine the possibility of a conflict or a wider border war between the two "Asian giants." Thus, this edited volume seeks to inform policy and build a bridge between policy and practice.This book will be relevant for scholars and researchers specializing in international relations, Asian geopolitics, security studies and conflict resolution. This book will also appeal to policy makers, involved in foreign and security policies.The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of India Review.

北山修他著　日本とインドにおけるプライマルな関係性への精神分析的考察
Kitayama, Osamu / Basak, Jhuma, Psychoanalytic Explorations into the Primal Relationship in Japan and India. (Psychoanalysis and Women Series) 280 pp. 2025:7 (Routledge, UK) <746-1035>
ISBN 978-1-032-81901-3 hard ¥40,040.- (税込) GB￡ 140.00
ISBN 978-1-032-75204-4 paper ¥9,148.- (税込) GB￡ 31.99

In this landmark collaboration, Osamu Kitayama and Jhuma Basak chronical their long-standing collaboration and cultural exchange to survey the importance of familial relationships in Japan and India, exploring primal relations through a cross-cultural psychoanalytic lens.Divided into three sections, Psychoanalytic Explorations into the Primal Relationship in Japan and India looks at each country's perception of parenthood and approach to raising children in turn before concluding in an illuminating dialogue between the two authors. Kitayama explores the maternal figure within the mother-child relationship, with a focus on the mother-son dyad, as well as relationships between parents. He considers, in depth, how Japanese culture can often exclude what is perceived as alien, delving into its rich tapestry of folklore to understand underlying 'mental scripts' which can shape collective perceptions, societal norms and expectations, each of which can pose an issue to healthy familial relationships. Basak's response draws from Indian socio-cultural and mythological contexts, as well as clinical applications, to provide psychoanalytic insight into the stark differences and similarities between attitudes in Japan, India and the eastern culture at large. Both authors join together to highlight different child rearing practises such as co-sleeping and how they can shape human sexuality-subjectivity. Challenging the standardisation of the Oedipal myth, the book draws from literary and clinical examples in Japan and India to invite the reader into another world of parenting style and another idiom of psychoanalysis. Uniquely positioned to develop understanding of how psychoanalysis has developed in non-Western countries, this book is an essential resource for psychoanalysts in training and in practice.

Weil, Simone / Bommarito, Nic (ed.), Dharma and Detachment: Writings on Indian and Tibetan Thought. 192 pp. 2025:9 (Routledge, UK) <746-1051>
ISBN 978-1-032-91081-9 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-032-91083-3 paper ¥11,436.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

Simone Weil was one of the most profound and thought-provoking thinkers of the twentieth century. An intellectual prodigy from an early age in both the sciences and the arts, she was at different times a teacher, factory and farm labourer, and political activist, spending a brief period in Spain during the Spanish Civil War. Her writings, which span philosophy, politics, religion and spirituality, are marked by a both passionate and contemplative attempt to understand profound questions about the good, God, human thought and action, and suffering and beauty.However, considerably less known is Weil's fascination with the texts and ideas of Indian and Tibetan thought, which she both thought and wrote about extensively. Dharma and Detachment: Writings on Indian and Tibetan Thought is the first volume to draw together some of Weil's most interesting and important writings on eastern thought.Expertly edited and introduced by Nicolas Bommarito, the anthology contains writings drawn from Weil's extensive Notebooks. The extracts show how she moves seamlessly between Plato, Catholicism, mathematics, the Bhagavad-Gita, and Buddhism, engaging with texts in the original Sanskrit. To help the reader gain a full insight into Weil's thought, the volume also includes - along with Weil's own writings - key passages from the classical texts that inspired her, especially the Bhagavad-Gita and the Upanisoads. In addition to a helpful Introduction by Nicolas Bommarito setting out the background to Weil's life and her engagement with Indo-Tibetan texts, he also explains fundamental Indo-Tibetan philosophical terms such as atman, the three gunoas, karma and detachment. A glossary is also included, making the volume an ideal starting point for those unfamiliar with Indo-Tibetan philosophy and seeking a clear path into Weil's engagement with these texts and ideas.Dharma and Detachment: Writings on Indian and Tibetan Thought will be of great interest to all readers and students of Simone Weil's work, as well as to those interested in Indian and Tibetan philosophy, religion, and phenomenology.

Acharya, Dipsikha / Khasnobish, Sudip / Adhikary, C. (eds.), Locating the 'Local' in South Asia: Critical Themes in the History of Northern Bengal. 270 pp. 2025:7 (Routledge, UK) <746-1062>
ISBN 978-1-032-43863-4 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

This book presents an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the history of northern Bengal. Northern Bengal, despite having a rich historical past and geo-cultural heritage, is yet to receive unbiased attention from serious academic scholarship. The chapters in the book examine hitherto unexplored or little-explored issues across time of northern Bengal's pluralistic society and culture while drawing on various approaches and methodologies to arrive at an alternative historical understanding. This volume examines themes such as the historical landscape and geo-political contours of the region, its society, and culture, as well as the religious ideas prevalent in this sub-region through the lens of sculptures and mosques.Rich in archaeological and literary sources, epigraphic evidence, and archival materials, the book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of Indian history, South Asian history, cultural studies, gender studies, history of the 'marginalized', environment studies, modern history, and colonial history. This volume represents a crucial history of the 'local' in the global context.

植民地期インドにおける知識人と後背地
Boyk, David, Provincial Metropolis: Intellectuals and the Hinterland in Colonial India. 240 pp. 2025:8 (Cambridge U. Pr., UK) <746-1064>
ISBN 978-1-009-51083-7 hard ¥25,740.- (税込) GB￡ 90.00

This book tells the story of the city of Patna, in the north Indian region of Bihar, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A century and more earlier, Patna had been an important and populous city, but it had come to be seen by many-and is still seen today-as merely part of the mofussil, the provincial hinterland. But despite the city's real decline, it continued to nurture a vibrant and cosmopolitan intellectual culture that linked it with cities and towns across northern India and beyond. Urdu literary gatherings and other Islamicate traditions inherited from Mughal times helped animate the networks that sustained satirical newspapers and scholarly libraries. Drawing on rich archival research in Urdu, Hindi, and English, Provincial Metropolis shows that Patna's intellectual and cultural life thrived not despite its provinciality but because of it.

Das Gupta, Sejuti / Chakraborty, S. / Banerjee, T. (eds.), Contradictions of Democracy, Development and Inequality: A Case of India. 260 pp. 2025:7 (Routledge, UK) <746-1065>
ISBN 978-1-032-29188-8 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

Identity politics has widened representation for the marginalised groups in democracies, while neoliberalism has deepened inequality. This volume finds answers to the paradox of widening representation and worsening inequality especially in India exploring the themes of development and identity in recent times. Inspired by Ceasar Basu's works as a political thinker and teacher, this volume weaves in economic concerns with the socio-cultural aspects of identity and contends that representation is not sufficient. Further, it highlights the importance of reinstating redistribution to serve both democracy and development. It looks at neoliberal policies and how they maximise negative liberty by focussing on the individual thereby obliterating the question of the social location of individuals. The contributors to this volume investigate these issues through the lens of religion, gender, caste, and raise interdisciplinary questions concerning ecological conditions of labour, the institution of democracy and capitalist regimes, linkages among multiple sectors of the Indian economy, devaluation of women's work in the care economy, material distribution of resources, and liberty and civil rights. This book creates a much-needed conversation between the study of development through the economic perspective and the cultural or political sociology perspective.It will be of interest to students and researchers of politics especially identity politics, economics, sociology and social justice, development studies, and social geography.

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Garimella, Ravindra / Kunduri, Prasad, An Introduction to Indian Parliament: Process and Practices. 288 pp. 2025:7 (Routledge, UK) <746-1066>
ISBN 978-1-032-31947-6 hard ¥41,470.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00
ISBN 978-1-041-07340-6 paper ¥11,436.- (税込) GB￡ 39.99

This book presents a comprehensive introduction to Indian Parliament encapsulating the process and practices since its inception. It discusses crucial themes including the emergence of parliament and its contours; constitutional provisions and rules of procedure; role of President as a part of the Parliament; parliamentary devices; privileges, norms of standards and etiquettes; legislation process and budget; accountability to Parliament and outreach; relationship with judiciary and media; Parliament and international institutions; and the role of Parliament on issues related to gender, minorities and reservation in India.This book will be an essential read for students of political science, Indian politics, & political institutions, along with journalists, political analysts, professionals in Indian Think Tanks, and Indian politicians.