Communal identity in India : Its construction and articulation in the twentieth century

By:

Chakrabarty Bidyut

Contributor(s):

Publication details: New Delhi Oxford University Press 2015Edition: 5th ImpDescription: 327p ixISBN:

9780195673418

Subject(s):

1. Communal Identity - India - 20th Century 2. Nationalism - Through - Communaism - India3. Nationalism - Religion4. National Identity - India

DDC classification:

320.550000 CHA

Contents:

Summary : This collection of seminal essays provides a useful and stimulating introduction to the debates surrounding identity politics in modern India. Through the selected articles, each of which discusses different aspects of the central debate, the volume stresses the need to stay away from an 'essentialist' definition of identity, a view particularly significant in India today; and it concludes that communal identity, though imagined and constructed, is nevertheless not unreal.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
BOOKs	National Law School	320.55 CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		33205

Summary :
This collection of seminal essays provides a useful and stimulating introduction to the debates surrounding identity politics in modern India. Through the selected articles, each of which discusses different aspects of the central debate, the volume stresses the need to stay away from an 'essentialist' definition of identity, a view particularly significant in India today; and it concludes that communal identity, though imagined and constructed, is nevertheless not unreal.

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