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020			_a0198075049 (hardback) _qhardback
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100	1		_aBhattacharya, Sabyasachi, _d1938-
245	1	0	_aTalking back _h[Book] : _bthe idea of civilization in the India nationalist discourse / _cSabyasachi Bhattacharya.
260			_aNew Delhi : _bOxford University Press, _c2011.
300			_avi, 182 pages : _c22 cm.
365			_a01 _b0.00
520			_aThe 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. Focusing on 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 many others, mainly academic intellectuals in the areas of sociology, linguistics, intellectual history, and various branches of historiography, who contributed to make 'Indian civilization' a central theme in all forms of Indian studies.
521			_aAll.
650		0	_aNationalism _zIndia _xHistory.
852			_p59053 _95941.00 _h954 BHA-T _vSecond Wind _b2nd Floor _dBooks _t1 _q1-New _aJZL-CUI
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