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The Nation And Its Fragments: Colonial And Postcolonial Histories (Princeton Studies In Culture/Power/History)
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In This Book, The Prominent Theorist Partha Chatterjee Looks At The Creative And Powerful Results Of The Nationalist Imagination In Asia And Africa That Are Posited Not On Identity But On Difference With The Nationalism Propagated By The West. Arguing That Scholars Have Been Mistaken In Equating Political Nationalism With Nationalism As Such, He Shows How Anticolonialist Nationalists Produced Their Own Domain Of Sovereignty Within Colonial Society Well Before Beginning Their Political Battle With The Imperial Power. These Nationalists Divided Their Culture Into Material And Spiritual Domains, And Staked An Early Claim To The Spiritual Sphere, Represented By Religion, Caste, Women And The Family, And Peasants. Chatterjee Shows How Middleclass Elites First Imagined The Nation Into Being In This Spiritual Dimension And Then Readied It For Political Contest, All The While Normalizing The Aspirations Of The Various Marginal Groups That Typify The Spiritual Sphere.While Chatterjee'S Specific Examples Are Drawn From Indian Sources, With A Copious Use Of Bengali Language Materials, The Book Is A Contribution To The General Theoretical Discussion On Nationalism And The Modern State. Examining The Paradoxes Involved With Creating First A Uniquely Nonwestern Nation In The Spiritual Sphere And Then A Universalist Nationstate In The Material Sphere, The Author Finds That The Search For A Postcolonial Modernity Is Necessarily Linked With Past Struggles Against Modernity.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: What is the primary focus of 'The Nation and Its Fragments'? A: The book examines the nationalist imagination in Asia and Africa, emphasizing how it differs from Western nationalism, and how anticolonialist nationalists created their own domain of sovereignty within colonial society.
- Q: Who is the author of this book? A: The author is Partha Chatterjee, a prominent theorist known for his work on nationalism and postcolonial studies.
- Q: What is the publication date of 'The Nation and Its Fragments'? A: The book was published on October 18, 1993.
- Q: What is the condition of the book being sold? A: The book is listed as 'New' condition.
- Q: How many pages does this book have? A: This book contains 296 pages.
- Q: What is the binding type of the book? A: The book is available in paperback binding.
- Q: Is there any specific cultural focus in the examples provided in the book? A: Yes, Chatterjee's examples are primarily drawn from Indian sources, with significant reference to Bengali language materials.
- Q: What themes does the author explore in relation to nationalism? A: The author explores how nationalism involves paradoxes of creating a non-Western nation in the spiritual sphere and a universalist nation-state in the material sphere.
- Q: What is the significance of the spiritual and material domains in the book? A: Chatterjee discusses how nationalists divided culture into material and spiritual domains, claiming the spiritual sphere as a foundation for their nationalist aspirations.
- Q: How does the book contribute to the discussion on modernity? A: The book contributes to theoretical discussions on nationalism and modernity, linking the search for postcolonial modernity with historical struggles against colonial modernity.