The book explores the crisis that secular-nationalism went through with the emergence of what is loosely called identity politics. With the rise of new political assertions on the one hand and sectarian tendencies on the other, the fundamentally Hindu assumptions of Nehruvian secular-nationalism were revealed. Its search for a homogeneous national culture has led it to produce the dominant culture as the norm and marginalize the minority. It also looks at the opportunism of minority cultures and suggests this might be the result of nationalism, especially post-colonial. The book suggests that only by looking beyond the nation form in post-national directions can a modern political community be conceived of.
- ISBN10 0195676068
- ISBN13 9780195676068
- Publish Date 26 January 2006 (first published 6 January 2006)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 28 January 2011
- Publish Country IN
- Imprint OUP India
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 368
- Language English