Civil society, community, and the nation in Colonial India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2632240 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gyan Prakash (0000-0002-1028-2764, Princeton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 6 (1) |
| Issue | 6 (1 |
| Pages | 27-40 |
| Publication date | 2002-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Etnografica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0873-6561 • E-ISSN: 2182-2891 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/etnografica.2845 |
| OpenAlex | W4289860140 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 7 |
In contemporary discussions, theorists have identified community as an important arena for rethinking identity and politics. My paper examines the colonial genealogy of community in India, and argues that it cannot be conceived as a space outside of modernity. While community emerged at the site of the failure to establish civil society, governmentality – in Foucault's sense – was a condition of its constitution. This feature limits its potential as a framework for democratic politics
Aesthetics · Civil society · Colonialism · Constitution · Democracy · Governmentality · Identity (music · Modernity · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Foucault, Power, and Ethics · Gender Studies · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.28 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2024 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |