The Makers of Middle Class Society in British Bengal Traversing the Unfrequented Past
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Author: | Pratick Mallick |
ISBN 13: | 9789394779532 |
Binding: | Hardbound |
Language: | English |
Year: | 2022 |
Subject: | History/Modern Period |
About the Book
This book explores the historiography of politics in colonial Bengal through examining political theologies as they had to emerge in the then Bengal. The discourses of the political theology make the disposition to regard few stalwart Bengalees for dialectically making, unmaking and re-making the epistemic interpretations of Hinduness. In fact, the outbreak of such ideas of theology was brought forth by the colonial oppressions, nepotism and cultural imperialism which altogether became instrumental to the formation of a middle class society in British Bengal. Therefore, what and how Bengal and the Bengalees acquired the present mode of modernity can be traced back to those few Bengalee intellectuals who in their philosophy and actions broadly focused on religion, religiosity and spirituality in different ways, that fulfilled the need for changes in socio-political landscape in the then Bengal by harnessing the ideas of Hindu Nationalism . This book selects eight such stalwart middle class Bengalees who gave shape to the British-era Bengali middle class society by garnering the ideas of Hindu Nationalism. This book is meant for the students of higher level, mainly from post-graduation level onwards, and the academicians in disciplines like Political Science, History, Philosophy, Sociology and Culture Studies, particularly those who are interested to know of the middle class historiography of modern Bengal.