Forging of Nationhood

by Gyanendra Pandey

This book demonstrates that the rhetoric of the inclusive claims of liberty and equality that nationalism and other related movements promote is accompanied by the practice of excluding numerous classes, communities and individuals from precisely these claims. Several papers in this volume show how members of excluded groups can suffer from nationalism's impatience with difference, and conclude with the hope of reforming the nation-state. Includes comparative essays on India, China, Africa and Latin America.

303 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003