{"product_id":"insurrection-of-little-selves-crisis-of-secular-nationalism-in-india-idf080","title":"The Insurrection of Little Selves: The Crisis of Secular-Nationalism in India","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Specification\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ctable\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eItem Code:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eIDF080\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/book-author\/aditya%20nigam\/\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Aditya Nigam\"\u003eAditya Nigam\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/book-publisher\/oxford%20university%20press%20new%20delhi\/\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Oxford University Press, New Delhi\"\u003eOxford University Press, New Delhi\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eEnglish\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e2006\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e0195676068\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e361\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eCover:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eOther Details\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-dimensions\"\u003e8.6\" X 5.7\"\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Description\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-details-description\" style=\"max-height: 63rem; overflow-y: auto;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom the Jacket :\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e Secular-nationalism, as the hitherto ruling ideology of the postcolonial Indian state and elite, represents a specific, historically constituted, ideological configuration. The 1980s witnessed the explosion of what is loosely called 'identity politics' and with it a crisis in the ideology. This book is the first to explicitly examine this.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e With the emergence of new political assertions like feminism and Dalit politics on the one hand, and the rise of Hindu nationalism and other sectarian tendencies on the other. Nehruvian secular-nationalism revealed some of its deeply problematic features. Nigam argues that moments of crises have revealed tht its latent assumptions are fundamentally Hindu. Further, its quest for a homogeneous national culture has led it, like other universalisms, to privilege the dominant and marginalize minority cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The book takes a closer look at the phenomenon of the 'opportunism' of minority cultures - in the Indian context, the Dalit and the Muslim - and suggests that this might be the consequence of nationalism itself, especially of postcolonial nationalisms. For it is nationalism, in fact, which produces the 'minority problem' in the first place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Therefore, the book suggests that there is a need to think beyond the nation and conceive more modern political communities Lucid in its analysis with an originality that borders on the startling, this elegantly argued volume will appeal to teachers, students and academics of politics, history, and sociology; activists of anti communal as well as Left movements; besides an informed general audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Author :\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Aditya Nigam is Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cb\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"15\" width=\"100%\"\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003evii\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"3%\"\u003e1.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"90%\"\u003eNationalism, Democracy, and the Postcolonial World\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e36\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNational and Infranationalisms Secular-Nationalism comes Apart\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e85\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAntinomies of Secularism: The Indian Career of the Concept\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e139\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eThe Impossible Nation: The Modern 'Indian' Self in Search of History\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e176\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSecularism, Modernity, Nation : An Epistemology of the Dalit Critique\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e222\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSecularism the Marxist Way: 'High' Theory and 'Low' Practice\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e258\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eConclusion\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e305\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eBibliography\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e328\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003eIndex\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e343\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Occultnthings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44619366007085,"sku":"IDF080","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2094\/2117\/products\/the_insurrection_of_little_selves_the_crisis_of_idf080.jpg?v=1677758182","url":"https:\/\/occultnthings.com\/products\/insurrection-of-little-selves-crisis-of-secular-nationalism-in-india-idf080","provider":"Occult-N-Things","version":"1.0","type":"link"}