The Socialist Opposition in Nehruvian India 1947-1964

Abstract

Cover -- Table of contents -- List of used Acronyms -- List of Indian Terms -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Socialism in Indian History -- 1.2 Eurocentrism and the History of Socialism -- 1.3 Which Indian Socialism? -- 1.4 Sources: Secondary Literature and Articulations of the Socialist Movement -- 1.5 Time-Frame and Chapter Arrangement -- 2. The Socialist Movement before 1947 -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Towards the Congress Socialist Party -- 2.3 The Congress Socialists -- Narendra Deva -- Jayprakash Narayan -- Asoka Mehta -- Ram Manohar Lohia -- Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya -- Surendranath Dwivedy -- 2.4 The Congress Socialist Party -- 2.5 The Modernist Marxism of the Congress Socialist Party -- 2.6 Gandhi and Gandhism -- 2.7 Nehru, the "Other" Socialist -- 2.8 The United Front -- 2.9 Conclusion -- 3. Socialist Consolidation: The Socialist Party of India 1947-1952 -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Towards the Socialist Party of India -- 3.3 Nehru and the Congress after 1947 -- 3.4 The Programme of the Socialist Party -- The Spirit of Gandhi -- The Political Philosophy of Democratic Socialism -- 3.5 The Transformation of the SPI as a Party Organisation 1947-1952 -- Mass Membership -- Hind Mazdoor Sabha - The SPI's Affiliated Trade Union -- The Socialist International and the Turn towards Asian Socialism -- 3.6 General Election 1951-1952: The Wave Breaks -- 3.7 Conclusion -- 4. New Ideas and Dispersion 1954-1964 -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Gandhist Turn -- Lohia's Turn to Gandhism -- Narayan's Spiritualism -- Socialism as a Humanist Culture of Multi-Lingualism -- Mehta's Utopian Analysis -- 4.3 The Project of Asian Socialism -- The First ASC, Rangoon 1953 -- Anti-Colonialism, the Cold War and the Question of Non-Alignment -- Constructing Asia -- Decline after 1956 -- 4.4 The Disintegration of the PSP -- Internal Conflicts -- Nehru's Deadly Embrace