LEADER 03963nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910781015703321 005 20230124183429.0 010 $a1-282-89787-X 010 $a9786612897870 010 $a0-231-52651-2 024 7 $a10.7312/kavi15222 035 $a(CKB)2550000000018609 035 $a(OCoLC)647929693 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10387029 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000437997 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12210450 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000437997 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10448305 035 $a(PQKB)11082272 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC908224 035 $a(DE-B1597)458989 035 $a(OCoLC)979969497 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231526517 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL908224 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10387029 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL289787 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000018609 100 $a20091203d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe imaginary institution of India$b[electronic resource] $epolitics and ideas /$fSudipta Kaviraj 210 $aNew York $cColumbia University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (309 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-231-15223-X 311 $a0-231-15222-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. On State, Society, and Discourse in India -- $t2. On the Construction of Colonial Power: Structure, Discourse, Hegemony -- $t3. On the Structure of Nationalist Discourse -- $t4. Writing, Speaking, Being: Language and the Historical Formation of Identities in India -- $t5. The Imaginary Institution of India -- $t6. A State of Contradictions: The Post-colonial State in India -- $t7. Government and Opposition: Fifty Years of Indian Independence -- $t8. The Reversal of Orientalism: Bhudev Mukhopadhyay and the Project of Indigenist Social Theory -- $tIndex 330 $aFor decades Sudipta Kaviraj has worked with and improved upon Marxist and subaltern studies, capturing India's social and political life through its diverse history and culture. While this technique has been widely celebrated in his home country, Kaviraj's essays have remained largely scattered abroad. This collection finally presents his work in one convenient volume and, in doing so, reasserts the brilliance of his approach.As evidenced in these essays, Kaviraj's exceptional strategy positions Indian politics within the political philosophy of the West and alongside the perspectives of Indian history and indigenous political thought. Studies include the peculiar nature of Indian democracy; the specific aspects of Jawaharlal Nehru's and Indira Gandhi's regimes; political culture in independent India; the construction of colonial power; the relationship between state, society, and discourse; the structure of nationalist discourse; language and identity formation in Indian contexts; the link between development and democracy, or democratic functioning; and the interaction among religion, politics, and modernity in South Asia. Each of these essays explores the place of politics in the social life of modern India and is powered by the idea that Indian politics is plastic, reflecting and shaping the world in which people live. 606 $aPolitical science$zIndia$xPhilosophy 606 $aNationalism$zIndia 606 $aPostcolonialism$zIndia 607 $aIndia$xSocial conditions$y1947- 607 $aIndia$xPolitics and government$y1947- 615 0$aPolitical science$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aNationalism 615 0$aPostcolonialism 676 $a306.20954 700 $aKaviraj$b Sudipta$0513096 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781015703321 996 $aThe imaginary institution of India$93672831 997 $aUNINA