Project Indian Nationalism: Synthesis of Indic Civilization and European Governance?Abstract: Nation is a Western construct but is a popular one in Indian political parlance. The idea of the nation is not as incontrovertible as we may think. The European origin of this word was lost in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century when Indian leaders attempted to create an Indian nation by claiming equivalence to the Western nations. These leaders, from Aurobindo Ghose to Mahatma Gandhi, were aware of their construct but did as a means for securing respect to the people. The end result is the creation of the Indian Nationalism

Kausik Gangopadhyay

No 434, Working papers from Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode

Keywords: Nation; Nationalism; Indian Nationalism; Civilization; Westphalia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10 pages
Date: 2021-03
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