A P Ashwin Kumar

Nationalism, Language, and Identity in India

Measures of Community

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines linguistic nationalism in India. It focuses on the emergence of language as a marker of identity by analysing themes such as nationalism, philology, and linguistic identity. It will be useful for scholars and researchers of political studies, political sociology, sociology, linguistics and cultural studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 154
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 163mm x 240mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 364g
• ISBN-13: 9781138615748
• ISBN-10: 1138615749
• Artikelnr.: 57601136

Autorenporträt

A.P. Ashwin Kumar is Senior Fellow, Centre for Learning Futures, Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad, India. He has previously worked with the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore. His research focuses on cultural difference and its implications for social theorising in general. He is also a translator between English and Kannada.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments.
Introduction: Language as a problematic.
Linguistic Reorganisation of States: A re-examination.
Working within the universe of nationalism.
The doxastic nature of community experience.
Search for the Ursprache: The limits of philological reason.
Conclusion: Linguistic identity: Fundamental commitment or doxastic effect?
Index.