THE CRACKED MIRROR An Indian Debate on Experience and Theory GOPAL GURU SUNDAR SARUKKAIess AES Pe Oct tc cnet bb n aaby On hey Ps {YMCA Ty Bag Tal Sings Rl New Deb 1100 nda © Onl Use Pes 2012 ‘eel igh of i author ne en anced gh elo pf i nme ee od a ng ox te ee eet eed Pr etre apn i epee epee Mla cubes Ents ong epson te ap he Se ERR tC Re ne Onl Canny se ‘noe ou mus nore hi work ay te Type 119 Abe Garo Pr by Psa aes Type, Peps De 10034 il Inna aon Pes Rew i 10020 Contents Achnoeledgement Lit of Abbreviations Incoduction Gopal Gur ae Sundar Sari 1. Bgalicrianism and the Sacil Sciences in India Gopal Gur 2. Experience and "Theory: From Habermas Gopal Guru Sundar Serabhas 3, Understanding Esperense Sundar Saab 4, Experience, Space, and Junice Gopal Gira Experience and the E Gopal Gur ics of Theory 6, Ethics of Theoiing Sundar Saati 7. Phenomenalogy of Unouchability Sundar aruba 4, Atchacology of Untouchabilcy Gapal Guru ps sr 2009, Conclusion 23 Gopal Gur and Sundar Sra References 2» Inder 240 Acknowledgements ‘We would like to extend our gratitude to many ittlocutors who played a crucial pare in making thi debate posible. Our special thanks to A. Raghursmarsja and days Kumar for cei eical ‘gagement inthe debate and comments onthe rex, Nikhil Govind for hie responses co the manusrpe, Dhan Nayak for discussions Ratumanchar Reddy and che Lionemic and Police! Weekly for permision to republish fur aries ax chapters inthis book many Uumed sudents in diferent ineaions around che enery who provoked, questioned, and engaged with us and all hose academics tho have given us the benef of reading our work and lenin co taseven if they were noe eney in sympathy with what we hae bad to sy, Our sincere hanks to the editorial tea at Oxford Univesiy rest for eeir enthusiasms and suppoe fo this project. Tn addition, cach of ur would individually like to ehank the following, Gru acknowledges the support of Babara Hare White, Director, South Asian Seuies Programme 3¢ Oxford Univesity for inviting btn ata Fellow coche Programme and alo for ert cnmnes onthe chapter, Experience, Space, snd Justice's Nandi Goopis for Inviting hit co present the dra version ofthe same chapter: his college Gurpreet Mahajan and is student Sash Jha He acknowledges the late Krishna Raj for hi native in publishing, the article on egalitarianism in socal science, which eventually led to this debate Sirukla i griteil forthe instal support and camarader leship of his colleagues a the Manipal Cente for Philosophy and Hlumaniiee George, Moers, and Niil—as walla thesadent of