Talking Back: The Idea of Civilization in the Indian Nationalist Discourse

by Sabyasachi Bhattacharya

The British discourse on India's history, for the greater part of the nineteenth century, was by and large a monologue. This volume highlights how around the turn of the century, Indians began to 'talk back' and question the colonial assumptions in imagining and narrating India's past. Focusing on how the idea of civilization formed one of the strong elements of the Indian nationalist discourse, it examines the debates surrounding the civilization...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00RP6NC9S
• ISBN13: 9780198075042
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.7"