Abstract
This essay examines the dynamic between nationalist historiography and popular cultural forms in postcolonial and post-global India. Concerned primarily with liberal nationalist historiography, particularly the kind that has been labelled the 'Tagore-Nehru synthesis', this essay traces the evolution of the said historiography during the colonial-nationalist period, examines the interaction of this historiography with contesting discourses in postcolonial and post-global India and, in doing so, attempts to address the questions regarding the modes of coexistence of religion and nationalism in a secular nation-state.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 572-588 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | South Asian History and Culture |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2011 |
Keywords
- Akbar
- Gandhi
- Nehru
- Tagore
- interpretation of India's history
- nationalism
- nationalist historiography
- secularism
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cultural Studies
- Arts and Humanities(all)
- Sociology and Political Science