LEADER 04339nam 22006255 450 001 9910785729103321 005 20200920020338.0 010 $a1-283-63394-9 010 $a9786613946393 010 $a94-007-4661-X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-94-007-4661-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000256390 035 $a(EBL)994334 035 $a(OCoLC)810077652 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000738247 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11457939 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000738247 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10792004 035 $a(PQKB)11381173 035 $a(DE-He213)978-94-007-4661-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC994334 035 $a(PPN)168338637 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000256390 100 $a20120903d2012 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMaking India: Colonialism, National Culture, and the Afterlife of Indian English Authority$b[electronic resource] /$fby Makarand R. Paranjape 205 $a1st ed. 2012. 210 1$aDordrecht :$cSpringer Netherlands :$cImprint: Springer,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 225 1 $aSophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures,$x2211-1107 ;$v2 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a94-017-8221-0 311 $a94-007-4660-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aI: Introduction -- II:?Usable Pasts?: Rammohun Roy?s Occidentalism -- III: Michael Madhusudan Dutt: Prodigal, Prodigy -- IV:  Bankimchandra Chatterjee and the Allegory of Rajmohan?s Wife -- V:  Subjects to Change:  Considering Women?s Authority -- VI:  Sri Aurobindo and the Renaissance in India? -- VII:  Spiritual vs. Historical Facts: Representing Swami Vivekananda -- VIII:  ?Home and the World?:  Colonialism and AlterNativity in Tagore?s India -- IX:  Sarojini Naidu: Reclaiming a Kinship -- X:  The ?Sanatani? Mahatma?Re-reading Gandhi Post-Hindutva. 330 $aToday?s India is almost completely unrecognizable from what it was at the eve of the colonial conquest. A sovereign nation, with a teeming, industrious population, it is an economic powerhouse and the world?s largest democracy. The question is how did it get to where it is now? Covering the period from 1800 to 1950, this study of about a dozen makers of modern India is a valuable addition to India?s cultural and intellectual history. More specifically, it shows how through the very act of writing, often in English, Indian society was radically reconfigured. Writing itself became endowed with almost a charismatic authority, which continued to influence generations, long after the author?s death. By examining the lives and works of the makers of contemporary India, this study assesses their relationships with British colonialism and Indian traditions. Through debate, dialogue, conflict, confrontation, and reconciliation, India struggled not only with British colonialism, but also with itself and its own past, thus giving rise to a uniquely Indian version of liberalism. The religious and social reforms that laid the groundwork for the modern sub-continental state were proposed and advocated in English by prominent native voices. Merging culture, politics, language, and literature, this pathbreaking volume adds considerably to our understanding of a nation that looks set to achieve greater heights in the coming decades. 410 0$aSophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures,$x2211-1107 ;$v2 606 $aComparative literature 606 $aComparative Literature$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/811000 607 $aIndia$xHistory$yBritish occupation, 1765-1947 607 $aIndia$xCivilization$xBritish influences 607 $aIndia$xSocial conditions 607 $aIndia$xIntellectual life 615 0$aComparative literature. 615 14$aComparative Literature. 676 $a954.03 700 $aParanjape$b Makarand R$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01333334 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785729103321 996 $aMaking India: Colonialism, National Culture, and the Afterlife of Indian English Authority$93042385 997 $aUNINA