xed, and Chatterjee provides large quantities of information regarding a quite different part of the world, stimulating the western reader to form broader conclusions and understandings.
The focus of Chatterjee's book is a detailed explanation of nationalism within the Indian society, bringing in information about the importance of human imagination, and the ability of subgroups within a country to form new nationalistic directions, even in opposition to a prevailing power. India was oppressed by British colonialism, and various forces within India had to gather strength in order for the country to become free. Chatterjee describes those groups and their ideologies in terms of nationalism, every bit as important as the general nationalism of the country.
The focus in this work is also to describe in detail the differences among the layered societies in India·the elite, the peasants, the outcasts, and the women·with a thorough examination of the different beliefs and ex
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