Beyond Belief
George Steinmetz, Julia Adams, Srirupa Roy
ISBN: | 9780822389910 |
Publisher: | Duke University Press Books |
Published: | 7 May, 2007 |
Format: | eBook |
Beyond Belief
George Steinmetz, Julia Adams, Srirupa Roy
Beyond Belief is a bold rethinking of the formation and consolidation of nation-state ideologies. Analyzing India during the first two decades following its foundation as a sovereign nation-state in 1947, Srirupa Roy explores how nationalists are turned into nationals, subjects into citizens, and the colonial state into a sovereign nation-state. Roy argues that the postcolonial nation-state is consolidated not, as many have asserted, by efforts to imagine a shared cultural community, but rather
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