{"product_id":"nation-as-mother-sugata-bose-9780670090112","title":"Nation as Mother: And Other Visions of Nationhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e'History matters in contemporary debates on nationalism, ' Sugata Bose contends in \u003ci\u003eThe Nation as Mother\u003c\/i\u003e. In this interconnected set of deeply researched and powerfully argued essays and speeches Bose explores the relationship between nation, reason and religion in Indian political thought and practice. Offering a subtle interpretation of the ways of imagining the nation as mother, the book illuminates different visions of India as a free and flexible federal union that have acquired renewed salience today.\u003cbr\u003eBreaking out of the false dichotomy between secular nationalism and religious communalism, the author provides incisive analyses of the political legacies of Tagore and Gandhi, Nehru and Bose, Aurobindo and Jinnah, and a range of other thinkers and leaders of the anti-colonial movement. The essays question assumptions about any necessary contradiction between cosmopolitanism and patriotism and the tendency among religious majoritarians and secularists alike to confuse uniformity with unity. The speeches in Parliament draw on a rich historical repertoire to offer valuable lessons in political ethics.\u003cbr\u003eIn arguing against the dangers of an intolerant religious majoritarianism, this book makes a case for concepts of layered and shared sovereignty that might enable an overarching sense of Indian nationhood to coexist with multiple identities of the country's diverse populace. \u003ci\u003eThe Nation as Mother\u003c\/i\u003e delves into history on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of freedom to evoke an alternative future of a new India based on cultural intimacy among its different communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sugata Bose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0670090115\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780670090112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e India Viking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Sugata Bose","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48216499028223,"sku":"9780670090112","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0bce7184-44f9-4a79-975a-7cb281c169c3.jpg?v=1771991406","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nation-as-mother-sugata-bose-9780670090112","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}