{"product_id":"political-imaginaries-in-twentiethcentury-india-9781350239777","title":"Political Imaginaries in TwentiethCentury India","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume reconsiders India's 20th century though a specific focus on the concepts, conjunctures and currency of its distinct political imaginaries. Spanning the divide between independence and partition, it highlights recent historical debates that have sought to move away from a nation-centred mode of political history to a broader history of politics that considers the complex contexts within which different political imaginaries emerged in 20th century India. Representing the first attempt to grasp the shifting modes and meanings of the political' in India, this book explores forms of mass protest, radical women's politics, civil rights, democracy, national wealth and mobilization against the indentured-labor system, amongst other themes. In linking the political' to shifts in historical temporality, \u003ci\u003ePolitical Imaginaries in 20th century India\u003c\/i\u003e extends beyond the interdisciplinary arena of South Asian studies to cognate late colonial and post-colonial formations in the twen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an exciting and wide-ranging collection of scholarship on Indian politics that explores fresh territory in the twentieth century and opens up new possibilities for understanding this transformational era in India and the world. * Taylor C. Sherman, Associate Professor, Department of History, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK *\u003cbr\u003eAn outstanding collection of essays that powerfully illuminates the multiple and shifting meanings of the political through an imaginative, rigorous and inter-disciplinary exploration of the idea of the political imaginary in 20th century India. * Niraja Gopal Jayal, Professor in Gender Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK *\u003cbr\u003eAn urgent and necessary project, this volume defines and rethinks 'the political.' Comprised of essays by some of the smartest theorists, historians, and scholars of India, it elaborates how we might imagine new political futures and imaginaries that offer radical and revolutionary possibilities. * Durba Ghosh, Professor of History, Cornell University, U.S.A. *\u003cbr\u003eEmpirically rich and theoretically sophisticated, this timely volume retells the history of the 20th century by placing decolonization at its centre. Speaking of\/from India, it offers a globally salient rethinking of democracy, economy, citizenship, statistics, political symbols and radical dissent. A must read for historians, political philosophers, anthropologists and theorists of the contemporary. * Prathama Banerjee, Professor, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi, India *\u003cbr\u003eThis represents the cutting edge of scholarship on political life modern India. Guided by the strong editorial vision of Manu Goswami and Mrinalini Sinha, this stellar, diverse collection of authors bridges regions, languages, and archives to illuminate the breadth of political imaginaries that have shaped modern India, with reverberations across the Global South. This a vital book, which will appeal widely across fields and disciplines * Sunil Amrith, Professor of History, Yale University, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  1. Political Imaginaries: A programme for Twentieth Century Political History, Manu Goswami and Mrinalini Sinha (New York University, USA and University of Michigan, USA) Genealogies of the Political  2.  The Political in Question: Anatomy of a People’s Politics, Mrinalini Sinha (University of Michigan, USA) 3. Mass Satyagraha and the Problem of Collective Power, Karuna Mantena (Columbia University, USA) 4. Conspicuous Communism: Rethinking Early Communism in Late Imperial India, Manu Goswami (New York University, USA) 5. National Wealth or National Poverty? The Politics of Measurement in Late Colonial India, Eleanor Newbigin (SOAS University of London, UK) 6. Law and the Political Imaginary in Mid-Twentieth Century Southern India, Kalyani Ramnath (Princeton University, USA) 7. Remembering the Emergency and the Question of Politics, Mary John (Centre for Women’s Development Studies, Delhi, India) Recalling Democracy 8. Radicalizing Democracies in India: Three Political Imaginaries, Partha Chatterjee (Columbia University, USA) 9. Institutionalizing Democratic Uncertainties: ‘Election Time’ in the Life of Indian Democracy, Anupama Roy \u0026amp; Ujjwal Kumar Singh (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India) 10. Voting and the Visual: Electoral Symbols, Legal Discourse, \u0026amp; the Sovereign People, David Gilmartin (North Carolina State University, USA) 11. Representations of Electoral Politics: Notes on the Conceptual Power of the ‘Vote Bank’, Satish Deshpande (Delhi University, India) 12. Dispossession and Democracy: The Land Acquisition Act and the Future of India’s Land Wars, Michael Levien (John Hopkins University, USA) 13. Democracy and the Moment of the Political, Aditya Nigam (Centre for Women’s Development Studies, Delhi, India) Afterword","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019643945303,"sku":"9781350239777","price":85.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350239777.jpg?v=1750780886","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/political-imaginaries-in-twentiethcentury-india-9781350239777","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}