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Central to the project of nationalism is making the nation appear natural. This involves transforming an abstract conception—`the nation`—into a material reality. Fixing collective identities in place, refashioning local and regional solidarities into a larger national whole, and forging a deeply interiorized affiliation between individuals and a national geography, economy and community are all part of this project. Manu Goswami analyses the methods and strategies, the hidden presuppositions and complex imaginings, the lie behind the sociocultural, political and economic transformations which resulted in the emergence of a national space, "india` or `Bharat`, out of an area of British colonial domination.
ISBN : 9788178241074
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Pages : 416
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