Swarupa Gupta
Biographic Data
| ID | 3857784 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Swarupa Gupta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Swarupa |
| FAMILY NAME | Gupta |
| SIGNATURE | GUPTA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rabindra Bharati University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism
This major new reference work with contributions from an international team of scholars provides a comprehensive account of ideas and practices of nationhood and nationalism from antiquity to the present. It considers both continuities and discontinuities, engaging critically and analytically with the scholarly literature in the field. In volume II, leading scholars in their fields explore the dynamics of nationhood and nationalism's interactions…
The Idea of Freedom in Bengali Nationalist Discourse
While the concept of freedom in India has mainly been seen through the lens of the freedom struggle/movement, this article conjoins the idea (concept) and practice (movement) of freedom as reflected in the Bengali nationalist discourse during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. It argues that freedom was a multidimensional concept and contained many connotative strands. Indigenous lineages were linked to the political idea of freedom…
Samaj, Jati and Desh
This article redefines ideas about nationhood in late colonial Bengal by studying the intersection between three main conceptual sites of identity formation—samaj (social collectivity); jati (a multidimensional term implying birth, caste, race, tribe and nation); and desh (sub-region/region/ province/country). It concentrates on how samaj was deployed to mediate the fragmentations of jati and desh in the literati's agenda of recreating a collecti…
Notions of Nationhood in Bengal
This paper explores and re-defines notions of nationhood as reflected in the Bengali literati's expressions of an empowered identity in tracts, pamphlets and articles in periodicals during the late colonial period. It shifts the focus from existing assumptions of the nation as an artefact of modernity by demonstrating that though ideas about nationhood acquired a coherent and articulated form in the late nineteenth century, its roots are to be tr…
Samaj, Jati and Desh
This article redefines ideas about nationhood in late colonial Bengal by studying the intersection between three main conceptual sites of identity formation—samaj (social collectivity); jati (a multidimensional term implying birth, caste, race, tribe and nation); and desh (sub-region/region/ province/country). It concentrates on how samaj was deployed to mediate the fragmentations of jati and desh in the literati's agenda of recreating a collecti…
Notions of Nationhood in Bengal
This paper explores and re-defines notions of nationhood as reflected in the Bengali literati's expressions of an empowered identity in tracts, pamphlets and articles in periodicals during the late colonial period. It shifts the focus from existing assumptions of the nation as an artefact of modernity by demonstrating that though ideas about nationhood acquired a coherent and articulated form in the late nineteenth century, its roots are to be tr…
Notions of Nationhood in Bengal
This paper explores and re-defines notions of nationhood as reflected in the Bengali literati's expressions of an empowered identity in tracts, pamphlets and articles in periodicals during the late colonial period. It shifts the focus from existing assumptions of the nation as an artefact of modernity by demonstrating that though ideas about nationhood acquired a coherent and articulated form in the late nineteenth century, its roots are to be tr…
Samaj, Jati and Desh
This article redefines ideas about nationhood in late colonial Bengal by studying the intersection between three main conceptual sites of identity formation—samaj (social collectivity); jati (a multidimensional term implying birth, caste, race, tribe and nation); and desh (sub-region/region/ province/country). It concentrates on how samaj was deployed to mediate the fragmentations of jati and desh in the literati's agenda of recreating a collecti…
The Idea of Freedom in Bengali Nationalist Discourse
While the concept of freedom in India has mainly been seen through the lens of the freedom struggle/movement, this article conjoins the idea (concept) and practice (movement) of freedom as reflected in the Bengali nationalist discourse during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. It argues that freedom was a multidimensional concept and contained many connotative strands. Indigenous lineages were linked to the political idea of freedom…
The Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism
This major new reference work with contributions from an international team of scholars provides a comprehensive account of ideas and practices of nationhood and nationalism from antiquity to the present. It considers both continuities and discontinuities, engaging critically and analytically with the scholarly literature in the field. In volume II, leading scholars in their fields explore the dynamics of nationhood and nationalism's interactions…
Gender Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Indigenous (3 works) · Law (3 works)