Mrinalini Sinha and Manu Goswami, "Political Imaginaries in Twentieth-Century India" (Bloomsbury, 2022)

New Books in South Asian Studies · May 7, 2023 · 1h 1m

Mrinalini Sinha and Manu Goswami's Political Imaginaries in Twentieth-Century India (Bloomsbury, 2022) reconsiders India's 20th century though a specific focus on the concepts, conjunctures and currency of its distinct political imaginaries. Spanning the divide between independence and partition, it highlights recent historical debates that have sought to move away from a nation-centred mode of political history to a broader history of politics that considers the complex contexts within which different political imaginaries emerged in 20th century India. Representing the first attempt to…