"The book starts from the progression of China and India into putatively modern polities during the colonial period, as the two indigenous societies imagined their national identities and nationalist aspirations primarily by contrasting their civilizational attributes with the Western colonial...

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1. Verfasser:	Bajpai, Ravi Dutt (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Vasant Kunj ; New Delhi Bloomsbury India 2024
Schriftenreihe:	Bloomsbury collections
Online-Zugang:	DE-12 DE-706 Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	"The book starts from the progression of China and India into putatively modern polities during the colonial period, as the two indigenous societies imagined their national identities and nationalist aspirations primarily by contrasting their civilizational attributes with the Western colonial occupiers. As newly independent nation-states, both believed that their international status flowed from their civilizational glories. Therefore, despite their material and institutional fragility, China and India decided to pursue complete autonomy to manage their domestic and foreign affairs. Indian Prime Minister Nehru's policy of non-alignment, envisioning an alternate world order beyond the great power competition, was inspired by Indian civilizational ethos. The book also examines the Sino-Indian war of 1962 from a civilization-state perspective and argues that Tibet represented a conflict of civilizational influence."
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (300 Seiten)
ISBN:	9789356405677
DOI:	10.5040/9789356405677