Nation and Its Modes of Oppressions in South Asia, 1st Edition

.This volume examines nationhood as a concept and how it became the basis of political discourse in South Asia. It studies the emergence of nationalism in modern states as a powerful, omnipotent, and omnipresent form of political identity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This book examines the idea of a nation, as it originated in medieval Europe, as an unending process of ‘othering’ individuals, groups, and communities to establish its hegemony, exclusivity, and absolute power within a political discourse. It sheds light on how these new political frameworks in the name of nationalism resulted in conflicts and bloodshed. It unleashed politics of retribution and facilitated majoritarianism, minority persecution, and collective authoritarianism which devastated individuals and collectivities. Further, the author also discusses various prominent ideas and contemporary theories on nationalism alongside pivotal socio-cultural factors which have significantly shaped the formation of modern nation states and their politics. Topical and nuanced, this book will be indispensable to researchers, scholars, and readers interested in nationalism, political science, modern history, political theory, political philosophy, political sociology, political history, post-colonial studies, and South Asia studies.Nation and Its Modes of Oppressions in South Asia 1st Edition is written by Sajal Nag and published by Routledge India. ISBNs for Nation and Its Modes of Oppressions in South Asia are 9781000810448, 1000810445 and the print ISBNs are 9781032668253, 1032668253. Additional ISBNs include 9781032397320, 9781032392134, 9781003351115, 9781000810387.