The politics of cultural nationalism in South India /
In this book Processor Barnett analyzes a successful political movement in South India that used cultural nationalism as a positive force for change. By exploring the history of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party, the author provides a new perspective on political identity. In so doing, she challen...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
1976.
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| Series: | Princeton legacy library.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| Summary: | In this book Processor Barnett analyzes a successful political movement in South India that used cultural nationalism as a positive force for change. By exploring the history of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party, the author provides a new perspective on political identity. In so doing, she challenges the interpretation of cultural nationalism as a product of atavistic and primordial forces that poses an inherent threat to the integrity of territorially defined nation-states and thus to the progress of modernization. The founding of the DMK party in 1949, the author shows, was a turning poi. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (382 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400867189 1400867185 |