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Discuss Shri Aurobindo’s views on Culture Nationalism.

  • UPSC 2016
  • 20 marks
  • Indian Political Thought

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Cultural nationalism grounds a nation in a shared civilisation, its memory, values and forms of life, rather than in a state or contract. Sri Aurobindo (Aurobindo Ghose) gave it its most philosophical Indian form. Against the colonial denial of Indian nationhood, he argued that India had always been a nation because it had always been…

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  • The Colonial Challenge and His Reply
  • Swadharma of Nations
  • Renewal, Not Revivalism
  • Perspectives in Dispute
  • Present Debate
  • Conclusion
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