Nation and Its Modes of Oppressions in South Asia

Description

This volume examines nationhood as a concept and how it became the basis of political discourse in South Asia. It studies the emergence of nationalism in modern states as a powerful omnipotent and omnipresent form of political identity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This book examines the idea of a nation as it originated in medieval Europe as an unending process of 'othering' individuals groups and communities to establish its hegemony exclusivity and absolute power within a political discourse. It sheds light on how these new political frameworks in the name of nationalism resulted in conflicts and bloodshed. It unleashed politics of retribution and facilitated majoritarianism minority persecution and collective authoritarianism which devastated individuals and collectivities. Further the author also discusses various prominent ideas and contemporary theories on nationalism alongside pivotal socio-cultural factors which have significantly shaped the formation of modern nation states and their politics. Topical and nuanced this book will be indispensable to researchers scholars and readers interested in nationalism political science modern history political theory political philosophy political sociology political history post-colonial studies and South Asia studies. | Nation and Its Modes of Oppressions in South Asia