Papers by Partha N Mukherji
Asian Ethnicity, 2010
The dominant Eurocentric paradigm of the nation and the nation-state was premised on western hist... more The dominant Eurocentric paradigm of the nation and the nation-state was premised on western historical experience that was indigenous to the west but claimed universality for the rest. Many post-colonial countries, particularly those that went through national liberation struggles, like India and China, with multi-ethnic mobilisations, established sovereign states. The nationalist leaders claimed the unity of nationhood for their culturally
It is argued that the primary contradiction lay in the pervasive political oppression of the hege... more It is argued that the primary contradiction lay in the pervasive political oppression of the hegemon, in the manner in which land was acquired rather than in the acquisition of agricultural lands per se.
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Papers by Partha N Mukherji