The romance of the state and the fate of dissent in the tropics /
Nandy, Ashis.
New Delhi : Oxford University Press,
2007, c2003.
"This is a collection of Ashis Nandy's essays on the concept of the nation-state and its fate in India. He examines its social, political, and cultural aspects and covers communalism, secularism, terrorism, and the future of development in the area."--Publisher's description.
First published: 2003.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. The State: The Fate of a Concept -- Culture, State and the Rediscovery of Indian Politics --- Part 2. An Anti-Secularist Manifesto -- The Twilight of Certitudes: Secularism, Hindu Nationalism and Other Masks of Deculturation -- History's Forgotten Doubles -- State, History, and Exile in South Asian Politics: Modernity and the Landscape of Clandestine and Incommunicable Selves -- Terrorism -- Indian Style: The Birth of a Political Issue in a Populist Democracy --- Part 3. Culture, Voice, and Development: A Primer for the Unsuspecting -- Development and Violence -- The Scope and Limits of Dissent: India's First Modern Environmentalist and His Critique of the DVC.
"This is a collection of Ashis Nandy's essays on the concept of the nation-state and its fate in India. He examines its social, political, and cultural aspects and covers communalism, secularism, terrorism, and the future of development in the area."--Publisher's description.
Political culture
Democracy