POLI 322 Lecture Notes - Indian Nationalism, Satyagraha, Anti-Imperialism
11 Mar 2014
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Newspapers that supported the colonial state were patronized. Indian nationalist engaged with some democratic features of the indian polity. Engaged with newspapers to the extent that they could. Became a mass movement, mainly after wwi, through a period when ghandi led the movement. Under his leadership, the movement adopted a strategy of non-violent civil disobedience. Generally believed that there was a connection between non-violent mobilization and the success in gaining mass support. Where colonial states had less democratic features, there was more a tendency for violence. If a group wanted to be accepted as a nation on the world stage, it had to be modern in some sense. Dominant understandings of modernity came from colonial powers. Reconciling the demands of cultural authenticity and modernity was more a problem in the colonies. More conservative colonialists believed that colonies always needed the leadership and rule of colonial powers. More liberal colonialists felt that there was room for change.
