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Against Ecological Romanticism Google Origiral frcn1 0191t1zea by UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Other titles from Three Essays Collective Ashraf Aziz, Light of the Universe: Essays on Hindustani Film Music Krlstoffel lleten, Views on Development: The Local and the Global in India and Pakistan Blswamoy Patl, Identity, Hegemony, Resistance: Towards a Social History of Conversions In Orissa, 1800·2000 Vuudha Dalmla, Orienting India: European knowledge formation in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries Vldya Bhushan Rawat, Popular Religion and Daily Life in Ayodhya Michael Witzel, The Aryan Question, Pro and Contra Forthcoming Sanllb Baruah, Generals As Governors and Other Essays on Northeast India Shereen Ratnegar, The Other Indians: Essays on Pastoralists and Prehistoric Tribal People Published under the banner of Three Essays Press Altaz Ahmad, On Communalism and Globalization: Offensives of the Far Right Radhlka Desai, Slouching Towards Ayodhya: Three Essays Sunll Kumar, The Present In Delhi's Pasts Maera Nanda, Breaking the Spell of Dharma and Other Essays KN Panlkkar, An Agenda for Cultural Action and Other Essays Vllay Prashad, The American Scheme: Three Essays Google Original frcm oig1t1ze-0 by UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Against Ecological Romanticism Verrier Elwin and the Making of an Anti-Modern Tribal Identity Archana Prasad ~ Three Essays C 0 L L I C T I Y I Google Origlr.al from 01g1tizea by UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN j (u_J_ GrJ 31 First Edition May 2003 . £ L{g P73 d. 603 copyright CThree Essays, 2003 All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilised in any form or by any means, dectronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. 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Google Original frcm oig1t1ze-0 by UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Ortglr..al from Col gle UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 01g1112ec o Contents Preface Ecological Romanticism and Environmental History: The Contemporary Relevance of Verrier Elwin xiii One Adivasis as Swadeshis: Unpacking the Myth of the "Original Inhabitant" in Gondwana 1 Two The Baiga and its Eco-Logic Reinterpreting Verrier Elwin's Cultural Ecology in Central India 35 Three Paving the Way for Hindutva: The Tragic Tale of the 'Ii'ansformation of Elwin's Romanticism 73 Afterword Looking Beyond Ecological Romanticism 107 Select Bibliography 111 Google Onginal fron1 01g1tlz•dby UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Ortglr..al from Col gle UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 01g1112ec o Acknowledgements The essays in this book have been written over a period of six or seven years; the first of them was written in 1995 as part of an effort to revise my Ph.D. thesis. Their final form, however, emerges from my long conceptual journey, which has been a result of the contributions of many colleagues and comrades. The perspective promoted by this book is a result of the co-operation of many movements, and the people I met, during repeated field visits in Central India, all of whom are impossible to acknowledge here. In particular, I would like to thank Neeladri Bhattacharya and Shereen Ratnagar, who have continuously commented on and discussed this work since its inception. A lot of this work is a result of the generous encourage ment of Ramachandra Guba, who has also been kind enough to give references to important sources on which some of these essays are based. Bela Malik, Mahesh Rangarajan, Nandini Sundar, K. Sivaramakrishnan, William Storey, Dhirendra Dangwal, the late Shailendra Shaily, and Rohan D'Souza have either commented on or discussed this work and made important contributions to it over the years. I also thank Asha Mishra, Gautam Bandopadhyay, Sunil bhai, lllina Sen and Lakhan Singh for making fieldwork both comfortable and a learning experience. These essays would not have been revised in this form had Asad Zaidi and Nalini Taneja not introduced me to this series and prodded me to finally put them together as a book. Finally, I would like to thank Dinesh Abrol for his continuous support, encouragement and significant intellec tual contribution to this venture. Google Onginal fron1 01g1tlz•dby UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Citations The first essay, ''.6.divasis as Swadeshis" draws large part of its content from an already published essay "Military Conflicts and Forests in Gondwana", Environment and History, Volume 5, Number3, 1999, Cambridge. It also draws from unpublished material and sources. The second essay, "The Baiga and its Eco-Logic" is a revised version of an article that was earlier published in Studies in History. The reference for that article is 'The Baiga: Survival Strategies and Local Economy in Colonial Central Provinces', Studies in History, December 1998, Delhi. The third essay, "Paving the Way for Hindutva" is an enlarged version of the essay, 'Communalism and Tribal Welfare in Madhya Pradesh', Alpjan, Volume I, Number I, October-December 2000. However, large parts of its material are drawn from additional research done by me on this theme during post-doctoral work. Google Origiral frcn1 0191t1zea by UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
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