{"product_id":"the-nation-as-mother-and-other-visions-of-nationhood","title":"The Nation as Mother and Other Visions of Nationhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHistory matters in contemporary debates on nationalism,' Sugata Bose\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003econtends in The Nation as Mother. In this interconnected set of deeply\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eresearched and powerfully argued essays and speeches Bose explores the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003erelationship between nation, reason and religion in Indian political thought and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003epractice. Offering a subtle interpretation of the ways of imagining the nation as\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003emother, the book illuminates different visions of India as a free and flexible\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003efederal union that have acquired renewed salience today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBreaking out of the false dichotomy between secular nationalism and religious\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecommunalism, the author provides incisive analyses of the political legacies of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTagore and Gandhi, Nehru and Bose, Aurobindo and Jinnah and a range of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eother thinkers and leaders of the anti-colonial movement. The essays question\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eassumptions about any necessary contradiction between cosmopolitanism and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003epatriotism and the tendency among religious majoritarians and secularists alike\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto confuse uniformity with unity. The speeches in Parliament draw on a rich\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehistorical repertoire to offer valuable lessons in political ethics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn arguing against the dangers of an intolerant religious majoritarianism, this\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebook makes a case for concepts of layered and shared sovereignty that might\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eenable an overarching sense of Indian nationhood to coexist with multiple\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eidentities of the country's diverse populace. The Nation as Mother delves into\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehistory on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of freedom to evoke an\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ealternative future of a new India based on cultural intimacy among its different\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecommunities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookduku","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49081813565610,"sku":null,"price":486.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0715\/4063\/7866\/files\/6165nOwY7sL._SY445_SX342_FMwebp.webp?v=1787228106","url":"https:\/\/bookduku.com\/products\/the-nation-as-mother-and-other-visions-of-nationhood","provider":"Bookduku","version":"1.0","type":"link"}