Social Scientist Monthly Journal of the Indian School of Social Sciences VOLUME 11 MAY NUMBER 5 1983 EDITOR CONTENTS Prabhat Patnaik EDITORIAL BOARD Editorial Note 1 M ^ol^aTn Marx's Assessment of the Islamic Tradition K^y Men^on — Iqtidar Aldm Khan 3 Madhuprasad Nanak 's Doctrine and the Feudalisation of the EDITORIAL OFFICE sikh Gurudom 424, v p House, —PS Grewal 16 ew e '" The Civil Disobedience Movement and National CIRCULATION AND Bourgeoisie ADVERTISEMENT — GKLieten 33 Trivandru^^0 oof Homage to Gyan Chand —PC Joshi 49 SUBSCRIPTION RATES NOTE 3 years • Rs 150 Regional Disparities in India: Some Basic 2 years : Rs 120 Issues Annual : Rs 6.5 —AC Minocha 51 (Students: Rs 50) ^•r^yTiuiTTMTr'A'rTr^KT Half-yearly : Rs 35 COMMUNICATION Single copy : Rs 6 Peasants, Politics and Historiography: A Response FOREIGN _, partha Chatterjee 58 (Annual in U S dollars) Sea Mail : 18 BOOK REVIEW (USA and Canada) : 30 ^ne ^lrst Communist Ministry in Kerala (Other countries) : 24 — R Ramakrishnan 66 Articles, note, communication and review express the views of the authors and not necessarily of the editors or of the Indian School of Social Sciences.