Nationalism, Democracy, and Development: State and Politics in India

224 Pages·1997·11.484 MB·English

by  Sugata Bose (Ed.) & Ayesha Jalal (Ed.)

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This book delineates the structural and
ideological aspects of the late-colonial and
post-colonial state in India. It questions the
binary opposition between secular
nationalism and religious communalism.
Further, it also argues that the failure to
assure substantive democracy and equitable
development for significant segments of civil
society has resulted in the discrediting and
delegitimizing of state-sponsored
nationalism.
The contributors take issue with cultural
critiques of modernity and nationalism as
being analytically incomplete, located within
the cultural domain alone, and that they
ignore the fundamental contexts of
domination and resistance, privilege and
deprivation.
These essays comprise a significant
advance in the debate on nationalism and
move towards offering alternative theories of
the state. This book is essential reading for
students and scholars of the modern history
and politics of India, South Asia and the
developing world.
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NATIONALISM, DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT
State and Politics in India
Editors
SUGATA BOSE
AYESHA JALAL
DELHI
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
CALCUTTA MADRAS MUMBAI
1997
Oxford University Press, Walton Street, Oxford Ox2 6DP
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© Oxford University Press, 1997
ISBN 0 19 563944 8
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Printed at Pauls Press, Okhla, New Delhi 110020
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Contents
List of Contributors
i.
Nationalism, Democracy and Development
SUGATA BOSE AND AYESHA JALAL
. On Interpreting India’s Past 10
AMARTYA SEN
. The Rhetoric of Democracy and Development in
Late Colonial India 36
DAVID WASHBROOK
. Nation as Mother: Representations and Contestations
of ‘India’ in Bengali Literature and Culture 50
SUGATA BOSE
. Exploding Communalism: The Politics of Muslim
Identity in South Asia 76
AYESHA JALAL
. ‘Hindu Nationalism’ and the Crisis of the Indian State:
A Theoretical Perspective 104
SUMANTRA BOSE
. Development Strategy in India: A Political Economy
Perspective 165
JAYATI GHOSH
. The State Against Society: The Great Divide in Indian
Social Science Discourse 184
PRANAB BARDHAN
196
Name Index
200
Subject Index
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