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As Marxist scholar and historian, Irfan Habib has been a towering presence on the Indian intellectual scene for over four
decades. His truly formidable intellectual reputation, already firmly established in the sixties with the publication of The Agrarian System of Mughal India, gained in depth in the succeeding years as the boundaries of professional specialization were broken. Habib’s intellectual project broadened to cover the entire area of Indian history, from ancient to modern, and his
undiminished commitment to the cause of socialism is reflected in highly original and bold analyses of Marxist historiography and theories of socialist construction. As a mark of esteem and affection for Irfan Habib, scholars in India and abroad have come together to offer him this volume. The festschrift reflects the range of Irfan Habib’s interests and contributions in great measure. It includes essays by histo-rians, political scientists and economists, and by those specializing in the medieval period, as also theorists of modern India, theorists of culture and socialist systems. K.N. Panikkar, formerly Professor of History at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, is now Vice-Chancellor of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kerala. Terence J. Byres is Professor of Political Economy in the University of London and has been teaching at the School of Oriental and African Studies for many years. Utsa Patnaik is Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, where she has been teaching since 1973. 2001 Paperback x + 678 pages
8.5 x 5.5 inches ISBN: 81-85229-18-X
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