Journal of Political Sciences & Public Affairs
Open Access
ISSN: 2332-0761
ISSN: 2332-0761
Department of Botany, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
Review
History, National Identity and Politics of History Textbooks in India
Author(s): Jatin Kumar*
This paper seeks to understand and analyse the transformative and transitional aspect of national identity in India. National identities, it's argued, have emerged either out of a civic model that originated in the European context and, was mediated by factors such as territory, political equality, ideology, and political culture among others; or it followed the path of an ethnic model that evolved in most non-western societies and were predominantly shaped by the local rituals and traditions, popular mobilization, vernacular language, customs and so on. This paper argues that the post-colonial state of India has followed both models of national identity. The journey of the Post-Colonial State of India started with the civic model which has now transitioned into an ethnic model with variations in the intensity of the transitions. The discourse of Indian identity, India's secul.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2332-0761.21.10.003