Acknowledgments; Chapter One. Bengali "Culture" as a Historical Problem; Chapter Two. Culture as a Global Concept; Chapter Three. Bengali Liberalism and British Empire; Chapter Four. Hinduism as Culture; Chapter Five. The Conceptual Structure of an Indigenist Nationalism; Chapter Six. Reification, Rarification, and Radicalization; Conclusion. Universalistic Particularisms and Parochial Cosmopolitanisms; Notes; Index
Summary
In this study, Sartori closely examines the history of political and intellectual life in 19th- and 20th-century Bengal to show how the concept of 'culture' can take on a life of its own in different contexts, weaving the narrative of Bengal's embrace of culturalism into a worldwide history of the concept
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-268) and index
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