{"product_id":"the-nation-as-mother-and-other-visions-of-nationhood","title":"The Nation as Mother and Other Visions of Nationhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bose Sugata\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 23-08-2017\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e History matters in contemporary debates on nationalism,' Sugata Bose\u003cbr\u003e\ncontends in The Nation as Mother. In this interconnected set of deeply\u003cbr\u003e\nresearched and powerfully argued essays and speeches Bose explores the\u003cbr\u003e\nrelationship between nation, reason and religion in Indian political thought and\u003cbr\u003e\npractice. Offering a subtle interpretation of the ways of imagining the nation as\u003cbr\u003e\nmother, the book illuminates different visions of India as a free and flexible\u003cbr\u003e\nfederal union that have acquired renewed salience today.\u003cbr\u003e\nBreaking out of the false dichotomy between secular nationalism and religious\u003cbr\u003e\ncommunalism, the author provides incisive analyses of the political legacies of\u003cbr\u003e\nTagore and Gandhi, Nehru and Bose, Aurobindo and Jinnah and a range of\u003cbr\u003e\nother thinkers and leaders of the anti-colonial movement. The essays question\u003cbr\u003e\nassumptions about any necessary contradiction between cosmopolitanism and\u003cbr\u003e\npatriotism and the tendency among religious majoritarians and secularists alike\u003cbr\u003e\nto confuse uniformity with unity. The speeches in Parliament draw on a rich\u003cbr\u003e\nhistorical repertoire to offer valuable lessons in political ethics.\u003cbr\u003e\nIn arguing against the dangers of an intolerant religious majoritarianism, this\u003cbr\u003e\nbook makes a case for concepts of layered and shared sovereignty that might\u003cbr\u003e\nenable an overarching sense of Indian nationhood to coexist with multiple\u003cbr\u003e\nidentities of the country's diverse populace. The Nation as Mother delves into\u003cbr\u003e\nhistory on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of freedom to evoke an\u003cbr\u003e\nalternative future of a new India based on cultural intimacy among its different\u003cbr\u003e\ncommunities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780670090112\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.6 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51222605594928,"sku":"PrakashBooks_9780670090112","price":600.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/813T6DcQyDL.jpg?v=1774498980","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/the-nation-as-mother-and-other-visions-of-nationhood","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}