Paranjape, Makarand R., 1960-

Making India : colonialism, national culture, and the afterlife of Indian English authority / Makarand R. Paranjape. - Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2013. - xiii, 265 p. ; 24 cm. - Sophia studies in cross-cultural philosophy of traditions and cultures ; 2 . - Sophia studies in cross-cultural philosophy of traditions and cultures ; 2. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- "Usable pasts": Rammohun Roy's occidentalism -- "East Indian" cosmopolitanism: Henry Derozio's Fakeer of Jungheera and the birth of Indian modernity -- Michael Madhusudan Dutt: the prodigal's progress -- Bankim Chandra Chatterjee: colonialism and national consciousness in Rajmohan's Wife -- Subjects to change: gender trouble and women's "authority" -- Representing Swami Vivekananda -- Sarojini Naidu: reclaiming a kinship -- "Home and the world": colonialism and alternativity in Tagore's India -- Sri Aurobindo and the renaissance in India -- The "persistent" Mahatma: rereading Gandhi Post-Hindutva -- Conclusion: usable pasts, possible futures.

9789400746602 (hardback : acidfree paper) 9400746601 (hardback : acidfree paper) 9789400746619 (ebooki)

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Indic literature (English)--History and criticism.
Nationalism--History.--India
English language--India.


India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.
India--Civilization--British influences.
India--Social conditions.
India--Intellectual life.

DS463 / .P27 2012

954.04 / P223m