Politics of the Possible

A refreshing and wide-ranging approach to the study of South Asian politics.

Preface; Between the lines: an introduction; Politics of the Possible: or the perils of reclassification; Of ladies, gentlemen, and the 'short-cut': or choosing unfreedom; 'Not knowing, but only guessing': a modernist resolution; Figures for the 'unconscious': the pressures of description; Relating histories; Women against women; The 'amenities of domestic life'; Consent, agency, and rhetorics of incitement; Notes; Index