RAM Mohan Roy, universalist or nationalist? Neo-Hindu, a product of strategic mimetism
Disciplines
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French
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The formation of neo-hinodouism in colonial India makes it possible to grasp a major dimension of the processes of identity construction: the report to the other. This cultural overhaul takes place in the 19th century Bengal, its main home being in Calcutta, the first British capital city in India, which at that time is experiencing great intellectual and social effervescence, as the penetration of Western ideas provokes mixed reactions...