Post-Colonial Social Theory
UPSC Archival Analysis
Exam Year
2019
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LinkID: HIS_PHI_2019_119 Ref: The Intimate Enemy by Ashis Nandy
Which Indian social theorist had argued that the idea of a homogenised Hinduism was constructed through the 'cultural arrogance of post-enlightenment Europe?'
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Indian social theorist Ashis Nandy argued that the idea of a 'homogenised' Hinduism was a construct created by the cultural arrogance of European colonialism.