Nationalism in non-Western societies
Proposed to be offered next in 1996
8 points * 2 hours per week * Second semester * Clayton
The subject will examine the genesis of the nationalist thought in non-western societies (Indian, Japanese, West African, Arab, etc) to point to parallelism in development, and the comparability and similarity of western derivative and the indigenous content. It will also look at the social reformist, secularist and fundamentalist ideas that go into the making of the national-sectarian identities.
Assessment
Written (6000 words): 100%
Prescribed texts
Anderson B Imagined communities Verso, 1983
Chaterjee P Nationalist thought and the colonial consciousness Zed Press, 1986
Hobsbawm E J Nations and nationalism since 1780: program, myth, reality CUP, 1990