Somak Biswas (UK University of Warwick)

Passages Through India

Indian Gurus, Western Disciples and the Politics of Indophilia, 1890-1940

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Produktbeschreibung

Analyses the phenomenon of western Indophilia, its ideological and affective composition, and its political implications in late-colonial British India. Argues that Indophile deployments around transnational projects like abolishing indentured labour and global Hinduism, while anti-colonial, were not necessarily emancipatory.

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Produktdetails

• Global South Asians
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 162mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 550g
• ISBN-13: 9781009337984
• ISBN-10: 100933798X
• Artikelnr.: 67516310

Autorenporträt

Somak Biswas is Junior Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, London. He works on the intersections of South Asia, Britain, imperial and global history. He is also a member of the Global History and Culture Centre, University of Warwick.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Section I. Introduction: Indophilia and Its Wider Worlds, 1890-1940
1. Languages of Longing: Indian Gurus, Western Disciples and the Politics of Letter-Writing
Section II. 2. Home in the World: Indophiles and the Ashram
3. India, Indophiles and Indenture: Cultural Politics of a Transnational Discourse, 1911-1931
Section III. 4. Practices of Discipleship: Vivekananda and His Women Disciples, 1890-1910
5. Vedanta and Its Variables: The Politics of a 'World Religion', 1890-1910
Epilogue: What Settles After
Bibliography
Index.