The anxieties of postcolonialism. Postcolonial history, anthropology and criticism
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https://doi.org/10.14672/ada200297%25pKeywords:
Colonialism, Hinduism, Historical anthropology, Nationalism, WritingAbstract
The essay proposes a reflection on colonialism starting from the analysis of the colonial genealogy of castes in India, and its use to support nationalist interpretations of Hinduism. In the text, the historical-biographical dimension of the author, the role of anthropology and in particular of historical and critical anthropology, and, in a broader sense, the practice of writing, presented as a laboratory for the search for narrative strategies that escape the reproductive power of categories and are able to creatively counter established positions, take on particular relevance.
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