Nationalism, Terrorism, Communalism: Essays in Modern Indian History

by Peter Heehs

This collection of essays on the Indian freedom movement focuses on Bengal during the Swadeshi period. The essays deal with revolutionary terrorism and its relation to the movement as a whole and with communalism, which began to be a problem during this period.

174 pages, Hardcover

First published December 17, 1998

Reviews

[galanthus · Rating 3 out of 5]

Digs quite deep into the rise of nationalism and terrorism in India, how it was used to indirectly affect British decisions in the region. The last essay was a bit out of it - for some reason we were suddenly exploring how myths form national consciousness and politics. That would've been fine if there had just been an explanation on why this was needed to understand the context because it does not connect with the rest of the essays in the book. Other that, a pretty interesting read.