AS AM 100FF Lecture 7: Lecture 7
Document Summary
Sandip and nikhil on patriotism (36-7): on imagination. Sandip: hurrah; n doesn"t want his image for the country (38) Hurrah: switch from personal cause to four the cause of the country. S for his nationalism to work, he has to be all indian. N"s critique of nationalism (42); a fight over imagination. Fanon argued that there has to be a rapid movement from anti-colonial nationalism to class based politics. Nationalism is necessary step in anti-colonial process/ toward something bigger. N is aware of how masculinity is used as a tool. S: morality is for the weak (45); presents himself as very masculine. Bimala is interested in the cause, not sandip (73) S on his masculinity and his goals (83) B lost both figures that are close to her. N"s death: nationalism leads to violence and self-destruction of india. Readers should be aware of the danger of s" set of idea.