Foundations of Muslim Nationalism: Pathway to India's Partition V1 - Couverture rigide

Prasad, Bimal

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 8173042489 ISBN 13 : 9788173042485

Editeur : Manohar Publishers and Distributors, 2016

Synopsis

This is the first of a three volume study of the background of India’s Partition, decidedly one of the seminal developments in the history of the sub-continent. Rejecting the widely held view that Partition was the result mainly of British manipulation and the mistakes or intransigence of certain Indian leaders, the author asserts that it was the result primarily of a powerful, movement of Muslim nationalism. This volume is devoted to a discussion of the foundations of that nationalism. Dealing at the outset with the legacy of the past, the author disputes the theory of a perpetual, centuries-old conflict between two antagonistic civilisations in the political arena. At the same time he shows how both the Muslim and the Hindu elites had already become conscious of their separate identities before the era of their modern political awakening began in the second half of the nineteenth century. He then moves on to discuss the nature of the economic divide between the two communities and the intellectual as well as emotional environment of the Muslim elite.

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À propos de l'auteur

Professor Bimal Prasad, formerly Professor of South Asian Studies and Dean, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi) and India’s Ambassador to Nepal, is at present Honorary Director, Rajendra Prasad Academy (New Delhi). Before joining the School of International Studies, Professor Prasad was Research Fellow at the Columbia University and Professor of History, Patna University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 8173042489
• ISBN 13: 9788173042485
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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