Shyamji Krishnavarma Sanskrit, Sociology and Anti-Imperialism

This book is the first critical biography on Shyamji Krishnavarma - scholar, journalist and national revolutionary who lived in exile outside India from 1897 to 1930. His ideas were crucial in the creation of an extremist wing of anti-imperial nationalism. The work delves into a fascinating range of...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author Fischer-Tiné, Harald
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Routledge 2014
Taylor and Francis
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
SeriesPathfinders
Subjects
Diaspora Studies
History
Nationalists
Postcolonialism
Scholars
Varmā, Śyāmajī Kr̥shṇa,-1857-1930
Badruddin Tyabji
private
Arya Samaj
Elphinstone College
Gaelic American
samaj
Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Shyamji Krishnavarma
BJP Supporter
East Indies
Mercantile Castes
Author's Private Collection
arya
Young Men
Common Language
naoroji
sociologist
Local Ramifications
India House
collection
Swami Dayanand
Son's Choice
dadabhai
Knowledge Acquisition
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Lala Lajpat Rai
Dayanand Saraswati
Indian Revolutionaries
revolutionaries
Indian Sociologist
Dadabhai Naoroji
indian
authors
Bipin Chandra Pal
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:This book is the first critical biography on Shyamji Krishnavarma - scholar, journalist and national revolutionary who lived in exile outside India from 1897 to 1930. His ideas were crucial in the creation of an extremist wing of anti-imperial nationalism. The work delves into a fascinating range of issues such as colonialism and knowledge, political violence, cosmopolitanism, and diaspora. Lucidly written, and with an insightful analysis of Krishnavarma's life and times, this will greatly interest scholars and researchers of modern Indian history, politics, the nationalist movement, as well as the informed lay reader.
ISBN:1138432237
9781138432239
041544554X
9780415445542
DOI:10.4324/9781315734941