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Nation, Nationalism and National Identity Unfolding of Indian Politico-ideological visions

By Bidyut Chakrabarty Copyright 2026
146 Pages
by Routledge

146 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines the multifaceted evolution of Indian nationalist thought through three critical ideological frameworks that shaped the subcontinent's journey toward independence and beyond. Drawing on extensive sources and theoretical frameworks, the volume presents a nuanced understanding of how constitutional liberalism, spiritualism, and identity politics converged to create India's... Read more

Introduction

Part I: Unfolding of a Politico-Ideological discourse

Chapter 1: Constitutional Liberalism at its dawn

Chapter 2: Refashioning of Constitutional Liberalism

Part II: Unfolding of a language of protest

Chapter 3: Spiritualizing Nationalism

Chapter 4: Reinvention of a mode of protest: the Gandhian satyagraha

Part III: Refashioning of the Multifaceted India

Chapter 5: Identity as critical to nationalism

Chapter 6: Rearticulating the language of identity in a different mould

Conclusion

Biography

Bidyut Chakrabarty is former Vice-Chancellor of Visva Bharati University (2018-2023). Before he was appointed the Vice Chancellor of Visva Bharati in 2018, he served the Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, India, for more than three decades. He obtained his PhD from London School of Economics and has held visiting professorships globally, including the Mahatma Gandhi Chair for Global Nonviolence at James Madison University, Virginia. He has published in many areas of Political Science.