Cities in Bengal. Space for Nationalistic Emotions

Authors

  • Marek Moroń Jagiellonian University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.13.2016.40.19

Keywords:

Bengal, nationalism, city, rural landscape

Abstract

The European concept of nationalism became a useful instrument in creating new identities of peoples of South Asia. In Bengal, traditional identities were given political dimensions, and a number of emotion building symbols, narrations, invented traditions and characteristics of the land, were employed to attract the people to the idea of a particular nationalism. The role of cities in creating the nationalisms of Bengal is discussed in the present paper. The examples of Dhaka, Kolkata and Murshidabad are considered on the one hand, whereas on the other there is an attempt of a comparison between the role of these three cities and the influence of the countryside and the rural landscape of Bengal in appealing to the sentiments of Bengalis in their nationalistic discourse. Conclusions are submitted for further considerations.

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Author Biography

Marek Moroń, Jagiellonian University

Is a lecturer in the Centre for Comparative Studies of Civilisations, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, as well as a former diplomat (Consul General in Bombay, 2001-2007). He authored several papers and books on contemporary South Asia. He is a guest lecturer and fellow at universities and academic institutions in Poland and India. Also employed in a private global business group carrying out several undertakings in South Asia.

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Published

2016-02-05

How to Cite

Moroń, Marek. 2016. “Cities in Bengal. Space for Nationalistic Emotions”. Politeja 13 (1 (40):301-18. https://doi.org/10.12797/Politeja.13.2016.40.19.