Hindutva before Hindutva
Selected Writings and Discourses of Chandranath Basu in Translation
1st Edition
Published on 20. August 2024
Book
Hardback
226 pages
978-1-032-36467-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book weaves the past with the present to trace and analyze the distinctive but reiterative evocations of Hindutva ideology in the modern-colonial period. It studies the concept of Hindutva as understood by its first major spokesperson Chandranath Basu, a formidable late nineteenth-century scholar-critic. The author examines the new rhetoric that has shaped Hindu ideologies in a colonial-modern context by foregrounding debates between Chandranath Basu and radical revisionists such as Rabindranath Tagore. It provides original translations of Basu's works and brings to light a long-neglected professional literary critic.
A unique contribution, this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of religion studies, history, postcolonialism, literature, Indian political thought, Indian history, political science, Hindu studies, Hindusim, sociology and political ideology, and South Asian studies.
A unique contribution, this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of religion studies, history, postcolonialism, literature, Indian political thought, Indian history, political science, Hindu studies, Hindusim, sociology and political ideology, and South Asian studies.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
529 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-36467-4 (9781032364674)
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Selected Writings and Discourses of Chandranath Basu in Translation
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Hindutva before Hindutva
Selected Writings and Discourses of Chandranath Basu in Translation
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Amiya P. Sen retired as Professor of Modern Indian History from the Department of History and Culture, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Currently, he is Honorary Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, Oxford, UK.
Content
Preface x
PART I
Introduction 3
PART II
Selected Writings 79
A
Autobiographical 81
1 Reminiscences of My Childhood 83
B
The Philosophical and Social Foundations of Hindutva 91
2 What Is Hindutva? 93
3 Soaham (I Am Thou) 97
4 Loy (Dissolution of the Soul) 103
5 Kaa Pantha? (Which Is the Correct Path to Adopt?) 110
6 Nishkam Dharma 115
7 Hindu Polytheism: Political Sagacity in Religion 118
8 The Varna System and the Formation of Our National Character 124
9 The Ideal Hindu Diet 128
10 Forbearance in the Hindu Tradition 133
11 The World as a Mart: The Source of Happiness and Aesthetic Delight 141
12 Lessons in Self-disciplining and the Foundations of Character 144
C
Hindutva as Patriarchy 147
13 Hindu Marriages 149
14 Shakuntalatattva: A Critique of Kalidas's Abhigyanshakuntala 161
15 Savitritattva: Savitri's Tale 172
16 Two Hindu Wives 180
D
Thoughts on Language and Literature 185
17 Tale of the English Scholar 187
18 Of Biographies 193
19 The State of Contemporary Bengali Literature 196
20 Thoughts on Bankim's Anandamath 206
21 The Prodigious Poet 209
Appendix A 211
Appendix B 213
References 216
Index
PART I
Introduction 3
PART II
Selected Writings 79
A
Autobiographical 81
1 Reminiscences of My Childhood 83
B
The Philosophical and Social Foundations of Hindutva 91
2 What Is Hindutva? 93
3 Soaham (I Am Thou) 97
4 Loy (Dissolution of the Soul) 103
5 Kaa Pantha? (Which Is the Correct Path to Adopt?) 110
6 Nishkam Dharma 115
7 Hindu Polytheism: Political Sagacity in Religion 118
8 The Varna System and the Formation of Our National Character 124
9 The Ideal Hindu Diet 128
10 Forbearance in the Hindu Tradition 133
11 The World as a Mart: The Source of Happiness and Aesthetic Delight 141
12 Lessons in Self-disciplining and the Foundations of Character 144
C
Hindutva as Patriarchy 147
13 Hindu Marriages 149
14 Shakuntalatattva: A Critique of Kalidas's Abhigyanshakuntala 161
15 Savitritattva: Savitri's Tale 172
16 Two Hindu Wives 180
D
Thoughts on Language and Literature 185
17 Tale of the English Scholar 187
18 Of Biographies 193
19 The State of Contemporary Bengali Literature 196
20 Thoughts on Bankim's Anandamath 206
21 The Prodigious Poet 209
Appendix A 211
Appendix B 213
References 216
Index