Geographies of anticolonialism : political networks across and beyond South India, c. 1900-1930 / Andrew Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Andrew, 1962 February 8- author.

Series:

RGS-IBG book series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anti-imperialist movements--India, South--History--20th century.

Anti-imperialist movements.

Decolonization--India, South--History--20th century.

Decolonization.

Historical geography.

History.

India, South--Historical geography.

India, South.

Puducherry (India)--History--20th century.

Puducherry (India).

India--Politics and government--1765-1947.

India.

Politics and government.

India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.

South India.

Physical Description:

x, 174 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2020.

Summary:

"Geographies of Anticolonialism brings together a varied selection of historical sources and literature to explore Indian anticolonialism in new ways. Anticolonialism, an often overlooked concept in geography, can be defined as internal and external resistance to the practices and by-products of colonial rule, such as racism, militarism, resource exploitation, and land dispossession. Linked to, but different from post- and decolonial approaches, anticolonial geographies are explicitly political in nature - offering a different perspective to geographers seeking to understand political resistance to colonialism. The author addresses contemporary studies that argue nationalism was joined by other political processes, such as revolutionary and anarchist ideologies, to shape the Indian independence movement. A focus on a specific anticolonial group, the "Pondicherry Gang," investigates their significant impact which exceeded their small numbers and short period of activity. Operating in the south of India, an underrepresented area of study when compared to Bengal and the Punjab, members of the Pondicherry resistance became spiritual gurus, reinvigorated the Tamil language, and conducted the only political assassination in the region. In examining such activities, Geographies of Anticolonialism helps readers understand the diverse nature of anticolonialism, which in turn prompts thinking about the various geographies produced through anticolonial activity"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Post? Anti? De? Why anticolonialism still matters

Theorising anticolonial space

South India and anti-colonialism : the minor politics of anti-colonialism in a historiographical 'backwater'

Appropriating modernity and development to contest colonialism : the Swadeshi movement in South India and the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company

Spacing and placing anticolonialism : Pondicherry as a hub of radical nationalist anticolonial thought

Envisioning a spiritual and cosmopolitan decolonial future? Sri Aurobindo's 'non-political' anticolonialism

The 'international' and anarchist life of MPT Acharya

Conclusions: The necessity of a geographical anticolonial thought, or why anticolonialism still matters.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Davies, Andrew, 1962 February 8- Geographies of anticolonialism.

ISBN:

9781119381549

1119381541

9781119381556

111938155X

OCLC:

1134458581