Notions of nationhood in Bengal : perspectives on Samaj, c. 1867-1905 /
Intends to open fresh ways of rethinking colonial nationalisms, qualifying derivative, political and modernist paradigms. Introducing the category of samaj (cultural entity), this book shows how indigenous socio-cultural origins were reconfigured in modern Bengali-Indian nationhood to conceptualise...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2009.
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Colección: | Philosophy of history and culture ;
v. 29. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One. Nationalist Ideologues, Ideas and their Dissemination; Chapter Two. Recreating a Jati; ChapterThree. Samaj and Perspectives on Unity; Chapter Four. Caste, Class and Internal 'Others': 'Lower Orders' in Bengal; Chapter Five. Contiguous Ethnicities; Chapter Six. Sub-Regional 'Essences' and the Regional Self; Chapter Seven. FromRegion to Nation:The Idea of India; Conclusion; Bibliography; Glossary; Index.