The Construction of Communalism in Colonial North IndiaOxford University Press, 2006 - 320 pages "This book charts the history of the term communalism and the politics and attitudes it seeks to encapsulate. While attending closely to the social, economic and political issues underlying Hindu and Muslim struggles, the author investigates the meanings different participants in the sectarian politics of the period attached to these politics. The second edition reopens many of the questions signalled in the first edition, carries the discussion forward through an analysis of the uses of the term communalism in a postcolonial world, and seeks to historicize the debate on political violence and the targeting of the minorities in recent times."--pub. desc. |
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Page 110
... political structure that was not only remarkably unified but also excessively top - heavy . No previous ruling power had sought to appropriate all that was political in the life of the people in quite the same way as the colonial state ...
... political structure that was not only remarkably unified but also excessively top - heavy . No previous ruling power had sought to appropriate all that was political in the life of the people in quite the same way as the colonial state ...
Page 209
... political circles . This language was used very widely indeed by Indian political leaders — people in very different political positions , with very different perspectives ( loyalists as well as nationalists and , for that matter , even ...
... political circles . This language was used very widely indeed by Indian political leaders — people in very different political positions , with very different perspectives ( loyalists as well as nationalists and , for that matter , even ...
Page 264
... political movements and activities based on the proclaimed common interests ( economic , cultural , political ) of members of a religious community , in opposition to the politics and activities of members of another religious community ...
... political movements and activities based on the proclaimed common interests ( economic , cultural , political ) of members of a religious community , in opposition to the politics and activities of members of another religious community ...
Contents
The Colonial Construction of the Indian Past | 23 |
The Bigoted Julaha | 66 |
Community as History | 109 |
Copyright | |
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