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020 _a9780195693331
082 _a320.954
_bN2R6
100 _aNandy, Ashis
245 _aThe romance of the state and the fate of dissent in the tropics
260 _bOxford University Press
_c2024
_aNew Delhi
300 _axiii, 218 p.
_bIncludes bibliographical references and index
440 _a Oxford India Paperbacks
520 _aThis book explores the fate of some of the central concepts in the mainstream culture of Indian politics-ranging from secularism, development, and terrorism to dissent and history. The analysis is based on a tacit cultural and psychological biography of the modern nation-state in South Asia. The book offers an alternative, dissenting perspective on Indian democracy in which some key elements of the ideology of the state, such as nationalism and national security, have an attenuated status. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-romance-of-the-state-9780195693331?cc=us&lang=en&#
650 _aPolitical culture - India
_93475
650 _aIndia - Politics and government
_971
650 _aDemocracy - India
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