Romantic Nationalism in India: Cultivation of Culture and the Global Circulation of Ideas (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004694798)

Through the concept of 'Romantic nationalism', this interdisciplinary global historical study investigates cultural initiatives in (British) India that aimed at establishing the nation as a moral community and which preceded or accompanied state-oriented political nationalism. Drawing on a vast array of sources, it discusses important Romantic nationalist traits, such as the relationship between language and identity, historicism, artistic revivalism and hero worship. Ultimately, this innovative book argues that because of the confrontation with European civilization and processes of modernization at large, cultivation of culture in British India was morally and spiritually more important to the making of the nation than in Europe.

Author: Bob Van Der Linden
ISBN-10: 900469479X
ISBN-13: 9789004694798
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 05/15/2024
Pages: 212
Format: Hardcover