Analyzing Race Thinking in the Indian Subcontinent : A study of emerging themes of race thinking in the workings of Hindu Mahasabha during early twentieth century anti - colonial movement Restricted; Files Only

Abstract

This thesis is a study of race thinking in the Indian subcontinent. For the study the thesis analyzes the workings of a fledgling hindu nationalist organization in the early twentieth century. This thesis is interested in framing the context of race thinking as it emerges within the workings of Hindu Mahasabha within a larger history of British colonialism, comparative philology, and idioms of traditional xenology in the subcontinent. The thesis asserts that the cultural idiom of ‘mleccha’ as found within early Sanskrit and Pali texts of the subcontinent alongside ‘upper - caste racism’ as articulated in Gyanendra Pandey’s work form suitable lenses through which to view the race thinking on the Indian subcontinent.

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Introduction                                                                                                                         European Modernity, Britishness, and Nationalisms                                                             The Hindu Mahasabha - a Hindu nationalist political movement and organization          Philology and Race Thinking in the Sub - continent                                                          Mleccha - A Subcontinental idiom for the ‘Other/alien’                                                   Race Thinking in Hindu Mahasabha                                                                                 Conclusion                                                                                                                         Bibliography     

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School	Laney Graduate School
Department	Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Degree	M.A.
Submission	Master's Thesis
Language	English
Research Field	South Asian Studies Anthropology, Cultural Women's Studies
关键词	Hindu nationalism Traditional xenology Comparative philology Hindu Mahasabha colonial ethnography Race thinking Upper caste racism Indian subcontinent
Committee Chair / Thesis Advisor	Sameena Mulla, Emory University
Committee Members	Aisha Finch, Emory University Falguni Sheth, Emory University

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