Enlightenment and violence : modernity and nation-making / Tadd Fernee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fernee, Tadd Graham, 1971- author.

Series:

Sage series in modern Indian history ; Volume 15.

SAGE series in modern Indian history ; 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Enlightenment.

Political violence.

India--Politics and government.

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : SAGE, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Enlightenment and Violence' is a history of ideas that proposes a multi-centred and non-Eurocentric interpretation of the Enlightenment as a human heritage. This comparative study reconstructs how modernity was negotiated in different intellectual and political contexts as a national discourse within the broader heritage of Enlightenment.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 - Akbar's "Universal Peace" (Sulh-i Kul): Relevance to the Enlightenment; 2 - The European Enlightenment: Between Revenge and Reconciliation; 3 - Early Indian Nationalism: Between Liberty and Authenticity; 4 - The Indian National Movement and Gandhi: The Ethic of Reconciliation as Mass Movement; 5 - The Ottoman-Turkish Experienceof the Enlightenment: Mass Movement and Programme; 6 - The Heritage of Non-violence in the Nehru Period: The Ethic of Reconciliation in Nation-Making

7 - Iranian Enlightenment: Struggle for Multi-Cultural Democracy and Its DemiseConclusion; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print verison record.

ISBN:

93-5150-423-9

93-5150-785-8

93-5150-085-3

9789351507857

OCLC:

986642613