Waiting for the People: The Idea of Democracy in Indian Anticolonial Thought

Nazmul Sultan explores Indian contributions to democratic theory, as anticolonial thinkers developed principles of peoplehood and self-rule. Indians contested British claims that the "backwardness" of the Indian people offered a democratic justification for imperial domination.

• | By (Author): Nazmul Sultan (Author)
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 23, 2024
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 288 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0674290372
• | ISBN-13: 9780674290372