Secret Life of Another Indian Nationalism - Transitions From the Pax Britannica to the Pax Americana

Transitions from the Pax Britannica to the Pax Americana. Sociology, Political sociology, South Asian government, politics, policy

List of contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; List of illustrations; Note on transliteration; 1. Introduction: colonialism, orientalism, nationalism and the shaping of popular history and religion; 2. James Tod and popular Indian nationalism; 3. War and violence in Savarkar's view of Indian history; 4. The Vishva Hindu Parishad's Fantasmagorical history; 5. The politics of Vishva Hindu Parishad conversion; 6. Another history of religion; 7. Myth and medical pluralism as resistance to Hindu nationalism; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Shail Mayaram is Professor at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi and Co-Director of the International Center for Advanced Study (ICAS-MP). Some of her publications include Against History, Against State: Counterperspectives from the Margins (2003); Resisting Regimes: Myth, Memory and the Shaping of a Muslim Identity (2016, 2nd edition) and Israel as the Gift of the Arabs: Letters from Tel Aviv (2015).

Summary

This book focuses on exclusivist Indian nationalism, and identifies its distinction from inclusivist nationalism. It highlights shifts in 'another Indian nationalism' over the last two centuries as the geopolitical context has transitioned from the Pax Britannica to the Pax Americana and its war on terror.

Product details

• Authors: Shail Mayaram, Mayaram Shail
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781108832571
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83257-1
• No. of pages: 310
• Series: Metamorphoses of the Political: Multidisciplinary Approaches; Metamorphoses of the Political
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Nationalism, India, Nationalism and nationalist ideologies and movements