The Politics of Self-Expression : The Urdu Middleclass Milieu in Mid-Twentieth Century India and Pakistan
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Overview
The 1930s to 1950s witnessed the rise and dominance of a political culture across much of North India which combined unprecedented levels of mobilization and organization with an effective de-politicization of politics. On the one hand obsessed with world events, people also came to understand politics as a question of personal morality and achievement. In other words, politics was about expressing the self in new ways and about finding and securing an imaginary home in a fast-moving and often terrifying universe. The scope and arguments of this book make an innovative contribution to the historiography of modern South Asia, by focusing on the middle-class milieu which was the epicentre of this new political culture.
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- ISBN-13: 9780415544467
- ISBN-10: 0415544467
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publish Date: April 2009
- Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.56 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.84 pounds
- Page Count: 266
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