The Intellectual Roots of India’s Freedom Struggle (1893-1918)

ISBN-13: 9781032652641 / Miękka / 2024 / 486 str.

Prithwindra Mukherjee

Opis

Most people believe India’s struggle for  independence to have begun with Mahatma Gandhi. Little credit goes to the proof that this call for a mass movement did not arise out of a void. The present study with inputs from Indian, European and American archives,  carefully straightens out the origins – philosophical, historical and religiou

Spis treści

Introduction 1; I. THE GENESIS OF NATIONALISM IN INDIA ; I.1. Ideas they Defended ; 1. The Pioneer: Rammohun Roy (1772-1833) ; 2. After Rammohun (1833-1857) ; I.2. The First Clash of Interests
 Karl Marx, the Observer (1857-1860) ; I.3. The Bard of Patriotism; Mahatma Rajnarain Basu (1826-1899) ; I.4. The Quest of the National Soul; Swami Dayanand (1824-1883) ; I.5. The Motherland, a Cult; Bankimchandra Chatterjee (1838-1894) ; I.6. The Soul of Militant Nationalism; Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856-1920) ; I.7. The Poet of Patriotism; Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) ; I.8. Patriotism as Religion; Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) ; I.9. Patriotism, a Synthesis; Sri Aurobindo (1872-1950) ; II. THE THINKER IN ACTION 124; II.1. Jatin Mukherjee (1879-1915) and the Bengali Society ; II.1.1. From the Gorai to the Ganga ; II.1.2. Meetings in Calcutta ; II.1.3. A Foretaste of Insurrection: 1905 ; II.1.4. Violence, an Antidote ; II.1.5. His Majesty’s Prison ; II.1.6. Secret Revival ; II.2. Revolutionaries Abroad ; II.2.1. In England ; II.2.2. In France ; II.2.3. In Germany ; II.2.4. In the United States ; II.2.4a. Taraknath Das (1884-1958) ; II.2.4b. Ghadar, the Revolutionary Formation ; II.3. The Enemy’s Enemy: First World War ; II.3.1. Bengal Fireworks ; II.3.2. Balasore: Baptism of Blood ; II.3.3. Letters of Jatin Mukherjee ; II.4. Consequences ; II.4.1. In the Far East ; II.4.2. In Europe ; II.4.3. In the USA ; II.4.4. In India: Gandhi Steps In ; III. CONCLUSION ; III.1. Facing the Extremist Perspective ; III.1.1. Tagore and Gandhi ; III.2. The Last of the Prophets ; IV.1. Introduction ; IV.2. ‘The Pioneers’ by Rabindranath Tagore ; IV.3. Tagore on Jatin Mukherjee ; IV.4. Jatin Mukherjee (1879-1915) by M.N. Roy

O autorze

Prithwindra Mukherjee (b. 1936) is a poet, historian, musicologist, translator and author of more than sixty books in Bengali, French and English. Based in Paris since 1966, he has received the Chevalier Arts & Letters (2009) and Chevalier Palmes Académiques (2015) from the Government of France. He is the recipient of India's highly prestigious award Padma Shri 2020 for his work in the field of literature and education. The French Academy (Belles Lettres) selected him for its Hirayama Award (Prix Hirayama) 2014. He is also awarded a shield by the Government of Bangladesh for his participation in its grim struggle for freedom.