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Talking Back
Sabyasachi Bhattacharya
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Description for Talking Back
Hardcover. This book highlights how the idea of civilization formed one of the strong elements of the Indian nationalist discourse. It shows how; around the turn of twentieth century, Indians began to 'talk back' and question the colonial assumptions in imagining and narrating India's past. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; JFCX; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
The British discourse on India's history, for the greater part of the nineteenth century, was by and large a monologue. This volume highlights how around the turn of the century, Indians began to 'talk back' and question the colonial assumptions in imagining and narrating India's past. This book highlights how the idea of civilization formed one of the strong elements of the Indian nationalist discourse. It examines the debates surrounding the civilization discourse and nationhood. While Gandhi, Tagore or Nehru were the foremost thought-leaders in the representation of Indian civilization in a new way, the author argues that there were ... Read more
The British discourse on India's history, for the greater part of the nineteenth century, was by and large a monologue. This volume highlights how around the turn of the century, Indians began to 'talk back' and question the colonial assumptions in imagining and narrating India's past. This book highlights how the idea of civilization formed one of the strong elements of the Indian nationalist discourse. It examines the debates surrounding the civilization discourse and nationhood. While Gandhi, Tagore or Nehru were the foremost thought-leaders in the representation of Indian civilization in a new way, the author argues that there were ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
OUP India India
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New Delhi, India
ISBN
9780198075042
SKU
V9780198075042
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About Sabyasachi Bhattacharya
Sabyasachi Bhattacharya is former Vice Chancellor of Visva-Bharati University; and former professor, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Reviews for Talking Back
India needed to write its own discourse on civilization to counter global capitalism and its totalizing narrative, and this book is a rich source on those who wrote, and are continuing to write, back.
R. D. Long, CHOICE
R. D. Long, CHOICE