Markus Daechsel

The Politics of Self-Expression (eBook, ePUB)

The Urdu Middleclass Milieu in Mid-Twentieth Century India and Pakistan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The 1930s to 1950s witnessed the rise and dominance of a political culture across much of North India which combined unprecedented levels of mobilization and organization with an effective de-politicization of politics. On the one hand obsessed with world events, people also came to understand politics as a question of personal morality and achievement. In other words, politics was about expressing the self in new ways and about finding and securing an imaginary home in a fast-moving and often terrifying universe. The scope and arguments of this book make an innovative contribution to the historiography of modern South Asia, by focusing on the middle-class milieu which was the epicentre of this new political culture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134383702
• Artikelnr.: 47885133

Autorenporträt

Markus Daechsel has studied history and political science at the University of Erlangen and the University of London. He is currently a lecturer in South Asian History at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests focus on the society, culture and politics of South Asian Muslims.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Urbanization, Bureaucratization and the Emergence of a
Middle-Class Milieu 2. New Sign Objects and New Identities 3. Consumption
and Romantic Sentimentalism 4. Authenticity, Power and the Magic of Objects
5. The Political Culture of Radical Self-Expression in its Time Period.
Conclusion