Nationalizing India

«Bidyut Chakrabarty’s Nationalizing India constitutes exactly what the subtitle states: ‘a creative blending of derivative and indigenous traditions.’ In this context, two central themes are developed: first, that Indian nationalist thinkers redefined the entire concept of nationalism in a unique and ingenious manner, unprecedented in the long intellectual history of the idea. They built a united front against a common adversary by eliciting the fundamental civilizational amity forged in unison