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The insurrection of little selves [electronic resource] : the crisis of secular nationalism in India / Aditya Nigam.
Publisher: New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006Description: 1 online resource (x, 351 p.).ISBN: 9780199081752 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Secularism -- India | Nationalism -- India
| India -- Politics and government -- 1977-Additional Physical Form: Print version 9780195676068DDC classification: 320.540954 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This book argues that in times of crises, Nehruvian secular-nationalism has shown itself to be fundamentally Hindu in its latent assumptions. Its quest for a national culture has led it to produce the dominant culture as the norm and so marginalise minority cultures.
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This book argues that in times of crises, Nehruvian secular-nationalism has shown itself to be fundamentally Hindu in its latent assumptions. Its quest for a national culture has led it to produce the dominant culture as the norm and so marginalise minority cultures.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.