Cities in Bengal. Space for Nationalistic Emotions

The European concept of nationalism became a useful instrument in creating new identities of peoples of South Asia. In Bengal, traditional identities were given political dimensions, and a number of emotion building symbols, narrations, invented traditions and characteristics of the land, were empl...

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Autor principal:	Marek Moroń
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Lenguaje:	EN PL
Publicado:	Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2021
Materias:	Bengal nationalism city rural landscape Law K Political science J
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:daaf40f7476d44ae8b914e6d5219d96a2021-11-27T13:09:06ZCities in Bengal. Space for Nationalistic Emotions10.12797/Politeja.13.2016.40.191733-67162391-6737https://doaj.org/article/daaf40f7476d44ae8b914e6d5219d96a2021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.akademicka.pl/politeja/article/view/2224https://doaj.org/toc/1733-6716https://doaj.org/toc/2391-6737 The European concept of nationalism became a useful instrument in creating new identities of peoples of South Asia. In Bengal, traditional identities were given political dimensions, and a number of emotion building symbols, narrations, invented traditions and characteristics of the land, were employed to attract the people to the idea of a particular nationalism. The role of cities in creating the nationalisms of Bengal is discussed in the present paper. The examples of Dhaka, Kolkata and Murshidabad are considered on the one hand, whereas on the other there is an attempt of a comparison between the role of these three cities and the influence of the countryside and the rural landscape of Bengal in appealing to the sentiments of Bengalis in their nationalistic discourse. Conclusions are submitted for further considerations. Marek MorońKsiegarnia Akademicka PublishingarticleBengalnationalismcityrural landscapeLawKPolitical scienceJENPLPoliteja, Vol 13, Iss 1 (40) (2021)
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description	The European concept of nationalism became a useful instrument in creating new identities of peoples of South Asia. In Bengal, traditional identities were given political dimensions, and a number of emotion building symbols, narrations, invented traditions and characteristics of the land, were employed to attract the people to the idea of a particular nationalism. The role of cities in creating the nationalisms of Bengal is discussed in the present paper. The examples of Dhaka, Kolkata and Murshidabad are considered on the one hand, whereas on the other there is an attempt of a comparison between the role of these three cities and the influence of the countryside and the rural landscape of Bengal in appealing to the sentiments of Bengalis in their nationalistic discourse. Conclusions are submitted for further considerations.
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Cities in Bengal. Space for Nationalistic Emotions

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