Biswas, Somak: Passages through India

Name: Biswas, Somak: Passages through India
Brand: Cambridge Academic
SKU: 978-1-009-60880-0
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Indian Gurus, Western Disciples and the Politics of Indophilia, 1890-1940

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Analyses the phenomenon of western Indophilia, its ideological and affective composition, and its political implications in late-colonial British India. Argues that Indophile deployments around transnational projects like abolishing indentured labour and global Hinduism, while anti-colonial, were not necessarily emancipatory.

ISBN: 978-1-009-60880-0

GTIN: 9781009608800

Über den Autor Biswas, Somak

Somak Biswas is Junior Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, London. He works on the intersections of South Asia, Britain, imperial and global history. He is also a member of the Global History and Culture Centre, University of Warwick.