India’s Nonviolent Freedom Struggle
Clara A. B. Joseph, "India’s Nonviolent Freedom Struggle "
English | ISBN: 1032538686 | 2023 | 180 pages | EPUB, PDF | 1171 KB + 9 MB
English | ISBN: 1032538686 | 2023 | 180 pages | EPUB, PDF | 1171 KB + 9 MB
India’s Nonviolent Freedom Struggle is a groundbreaking book that offers a fresh perspective on the Indian freedom struggle. It focuses on the Thomas Christians, a group of Christians in South India who waged a nonviolent struggle against European colonization during the politically volatile period of 1599–1799.
The book has three related objectives and unique characteristics. First, it offers a comprehensive study of primary sources that scholars have referenced but rarely studied in depth. Second, it argues that the Thomas Christian narratives provide a unique position to challenge prevalent estimations found in canonical and postcolonial critical discourse on the nation. Third, the book considers how an account of a nonviolent struggle by Thomas Christians further complicates received ideas of the postcolonial nation.
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