India after the 1857 Revolt

Decolonizing the Mind
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-34923-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 389 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

Weaving together the varied and complex strands of anti-colonial nationalism into one compact narrative, Christhu Doss takes an incisive look at the deeper and wider historical process of decolonization in India.

In India after the 1857 Revolt, Doss brings together some of the most cutting-edge thoughts by challenging the cultural project of colonialism and critically examining the multi-dimensional aspects of decolonization during and after the 1857 revolt. He demonstrates that the deep-rooted popular discontent among the Indian masses followed by the revolt generated a distinctive form of decolonization movement—redemptive nationalism that challenged both the supremacy of the British Raj and the cultural imperatives of the controversial proselytizing missionary agencies. Doss argues that the quests for decolonization (of mind) that got triggered by the revolt were further intensified by the Indocentric national education; the historic Chicago discourse of Swami Vivekananda; the nonviolent anti-colonial struggles of Mahatma Gandhi; the seditious political activism displayed by the Western Gandhian missionary satyagrahis; and the de-Westernization endeavours of the sandwiched Indian Christian nationalists.

A compelling read for historians, political scientists and sociologists, it is refreshingly an indispensable guide to all those who are interested in anticolonial struggles and decolonization movements worldwide.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Doss, M. Christhu

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

1 Introduction: Colonialism, Culture and Decolonization

Locating the Roots of Culture and Nationalism in India

Culture, Power and Decolonization

Orientalists and Utilitarians: Black and White Divisions

Colonialism as a ‘Civilizing’ Mission

‘Messengers’ of Modernity

Revisionists and Rewriting of History

Dialogues, Negotiations and Contestations

Charter Act of 1813 and after

Decolonizing the Mind during and after 1857

Redemptive Nationalism: Mahatma Gandhi, Europeans and Americans

Subaltern Masses and Decolonization

Chapterization

2 First War of Indian Independence, Cultural Sensibilities and Roots of Decolonization

Fighting the Firangis

Expanding the Horizons of ‘Moral Conquest’

1857 Revolt and the Issue of ‘Cultural Contamination’

Cultural Sensitivities and Decolonization

3 Education, Forms of Knowledge and Trajectories of Decolonization

Contesting Cultural Imperialism

‘Moral Effects’ of English Education: Orientalists and Anglicists

Controversial Colonial Pedagogy

Education in Transition

Education, Knowledge and Power

National Education, Cultural Consciousness and Decolonization

Awakening Indians from Their ‘Deep Slumber’

4 From ‘Civilizing’ Mission to Decolonization: European Gandhian Satyagrahis in India

Nonviolence, Sedition and Declaration of Guilt

Making of Gandhian Satyagrahis

Politics and Passive Resistance

Friends of India

Confronting Colonial Ideologies: Ideal Satyagrahis

5 American Gandhians and Nonviolent Redemptive Nationalism in India

Pacifists and Decolonization

Contesting the Claims of European Supremacy

Expanding the Horizons of Decolonization

Nonviolent Crusade against the Colonial Highhandedness

American Gandhians and Redemptive Nationalism

6 Sandwiched Patriots, De-Westernization and Struggle for Independence

Nationalist Christians and Anti-Colonial Sentiments

Indianization/Hinduization of Missionary Religion

Ashrams and Churchless Christianity

Sandwiched Patriots

Christian Nationalists and Their Fault Lines

De-Westernization and Struggle for Independence

Concluding Observations

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

M. Christhu Doss received his primary education from Tirunelveli Diocesan Trust Association (T.D.T.A.) Primary School (Kalungadi, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, India), secondary education from Sankar Reddiyar Government Higher Secondary School (Nanguneri, Tirunelveli District), graduation from St. John’s College (Palayamkottai, Tamil Nadu), post-graduation from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University (Tirunelveli) and Doctorate programme from the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi, India). He teaches history at Christ University, Bengaluru, India. His areas of academic research interest include modern South Asian history with a special focus on social, cultural and intellectual history of modern and contemporary India.