GGR267H5 Lecture Notes - Latte, Bahir, Civilizing Mission
Document Summary
Colonialism: political conquest of one society by another followed by social domination and forced cultural change mainland. Wanted to make sure they didn"t lose control of the mainland. Nepal was a wild card: never officially colonized, but a defacto one. Long history building up to 1947 and a lot of people disliking the british that entire way. Created a set of traditions that bring us together. Nation state: closer to what a country is. Partition: british (mourtbatten, indian congress party (nehru), muslim league (jinnah). Pakistan moved to india. heritage from the rest of the area and that put their heritage at risk. Bharata janata (bjp)- a party of hindu nationalists that came to power on religious power. Muslims kicked out because india according to them was clean and pure before muslim invaders came in. stop creating programs helping minorities like muslims. Assimilation: cultural borrowing can be mutual or it could be forced.
