"Group life” and the Social Question in Indian Anticolonial Thought

• In Event: Negotiating with the Past: Framing Life after Imperialism, Colonialism, and Historic Inequalities

Brief Overview

I examine the way in which the "social question" was debated over and formulated in Indian anticolonial thought in early 20th C. To that end, it considers how Indian "group life" was posed as a problem for constructing a postcolonial Indian polity.

Author

• Raghuveer Nidumolu, Cornell University