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100			_aDeepak, Sai J. _913362
245			_aIndia arthat bharat: _bupniveshikta, savyata, samvidhan
260			_bBloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd. _aNew Delhi _c2022
300			_axiv, 322 p.
365			_aINR _b599.00
520			_aIndia, That Is Bharat, the first book of a comprehensive trilogy, explores the influence of European 'colonial consciousness' (or 'coloniality'), in particular its religious and racial roots, on Bharat as the successor state to the Indic civilisation and the origins of the Indian Constitution. It lays the foundation for its sequels by covering the period between the Age of Discovery, marked by Christopher Columbus' expedition in 1492, and the reshaping of Bharat through a British-made constitution-the Government of India Act of 1919. This includes international developments leading to the founding of the League of Nations by Western powers that tangibly impacted this journey. Further, this work also traces the origins of seemingly universal constructs such as 'toleration', 'secularism' and 'humanism' to Christian political theology. Their subsequent role in subverting the indigenous Indic consciousness through a secularised and universalised Reformation, that is, constitutionalism, is examined. It also puts forth the concept of Middle Eastern coloniality, which preceded its European variant and allies with it in the context of Bharat to advance their shared antipathy towards the Indic worldview. In order to liberate Bharat's distinctive indigeneity, 'decoloniality' is presented as a civilisational imperative in the spheres of nature, religion, culture, history, education, language and, crucially, in the realm of constitutionalism. (https://www.bloomsbury.com/in/india-that-is-bharathindi-9789354356605/)
650			_aIndia _913116
650			_aCivilization _913057
650			_aConstitutional history _913534
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