再访天竺 自明中土 在想像世界版图的“西方”时，尚有一个离感官更远而脚程更近的“西天”。 中国须要深切思考印度、亲近印度是为了自明。 ★《庶民研究》的开山祖师之一、《后殖民研究》杂志的第一位编辑迪佩什•查卡拉巴提作品首次中译，用历史研究的方法探讨后殖民理论的系列主题。 在印度历史的发展过程中、在印度近现代民主制度的形成过程中，庶民阶层如何发挥了其自然而潜在的“政治性”作用？从《庶民研究》这一主题杂志的立意和相关研究出发，查卡拉巴提围绕上述主题，分别在本文集收录的五篇文章中展开详细论述。

Review "Habltations of Modernity forms at once an original look at daily life practices in India and a stringent critique of colonial and postcolonial history. Chakrabarty refuses to map the paradoxes of modern India according to coordinates of the modern and the traditional, the public and the private, or the secular and the religious. The result is a richly poetic work that raises numerous and compelling questions for practical politics." - David Lloyd, coeditor of The Politics of Culture in the Shadow of Capital Product Description In Habitations of Modernity, Dipesh Chakrabarty explores the complexities of modernism in India and seeks principles of humaneness grounded in everyday life that may elude grand political theories. The questions that motivate Chakrabarty are shared by all postcolonial historians and anthropologists: How do we think about the legacy of the European Enlightenment in lands far from Europe in geography or history? How can we envision ways of being modern that speak to what is shared around the world, as well as to cultural diversity? How do we resist the tendency to justify the violence accompanying triumphalist moments of modernity? Chakrabarty pursues these issues in a series of closely linked essays, ranging from a history of the influential Indian series Subaltern Studies to examinations of specific cultural practices in modern India, such as the use of khadi—Gandhian style of dress—by male politicians and the politics of civic consciousness in public spaces. He concludes with considerations of the ethical dilemmas that arise when one writes on behalf of social justice projects.