social reformer
Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
1856–1895
How Gopal Ganesh Agarkar is discussed in this archive
Authored 1 work in the archive.
Subject of 2 profile pieces , including G.G. Agarkar : Revisiting a Misunderstood Legacy , and GG Agarkar : Modern Indian Liberal and Reformer .
Referenced in 2 other works , including Sharad Joshi on Liberalism in India , and The Forgotten Legacy of Yashodabai Agarkar .
In Sharad Joshi on Liberalism in India : Agarkar is named among the colonial-era Indian liberal reformers invoked by Joshi as precursors of the tradition, active between 1860 and 1920.
In The Forgotten Legacy of Yashodabai Agarkar : Gopal Ganesh Agarkar is cited as Yashodabai's husband whose reformist ideas she imbibed and acted upon, providing the intellectual foundation for her own activism.
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Profile pieces (2)
- G.G. Agarkar : Revisiting a Misunderstood Legacy
- "Agarkar is most frequently remembered as a 'friend-turned-opponent' of Tilak" · establishes the reductive popular image the essay seeks to correct
- "Agarkar categorized the then-existing views on economics under three labels. These can be broadly called Axiomatic or Classical Economics, Practical Economics and Illusory Economics" · reveals the sophistication of his economic analysis, mapping the competing schools of thought in colonial India
- GG Agarkar : Modern Indian Liberal and Reformer
- "The great Indian classic liberal that he was, Agarkar championed the cause of rationality and women emancipation in colonial Maharashtra" · establishes Agarkar's core liberal identity and reform agenda
- "Tilak focused on the primacy of political freedom with a conservative approach towards social reform while for Agarkar, social reform came ahead of political freedom" · the key ideological divergence that defined Agarkar's distinctive contribution
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- Sharad Joshi on Liberalism in India
- "In their writings, they trace the beginnings of liberalism to J.S. Mill and Adam Smith and of Indian liberalism to Dadabhai Naoroji, Gokhale, Raja Rammohan Roy, Narmad, Phule, Agarkar, et al." · listed among founders of Indian liberal tradition
- The Forgotten Legacy of Yashodabai Agarkar
- "Gopal Ganesh Agarkar educated Yashodabai and kindled the spirit of reform in her. His thoughts on women's upliftment and feminism seeped into Yashodabai." · Agarkar identified as the intellectual influence who shaped Yashodabai's reform consciousness