The nation form [electronic resource] : essays on Indian nationalism / Ranabir Samaddar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Samāddāra, Raṇabīra.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--India.

Nationalism.

Patriotism--India.

Patriotism.

India--Politics and government--1947-.

India.

India--History--1947-.

India--Social conditions--1947-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Delhi ; Los Angeles, CA : SAGE, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Most writings on the theme of the nation confine themselves to discussions of ideology and thought, leaving out the question of the form of the nation. This selection of writings by Ranabir Samaddar fills in that void, presenting within two covers a whole range of dimensions, perspectives, and controversies of the last two decades on the question of the nation in India. It looks at the form of the Indian nation in terms of contests, contradictions, classes, and nationalist strategies of inclusion and exclusion. Thereby, Samaddar addresses two issues in view of the nation form-its relation with

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Conflicts and Contradictions in the Nation Form; 1 - The Manifold Meaning of Territoriality in Nationalism; 2 - What Was Asia to the Asians?; 3 - The Birth of a Nation; 4 - Promises of Revolution; 5 - The Dynamics of Passive Revolution; 6 - The World of the Edges; 7 - Legality, Illegality, and Reasons of State; 8 - Cartographic Representations and Anxieties; 9 - Shefali; 10 - The Ineluctable Logic of Geopolitics; 11 - The Autonomous Spaces within the Nation; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-57551-5

9786613887962

81-321-0998-8

OCLC:

808609620