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Unsettling Utopia - The Making and Unmaking of French India (Paperback)
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Unsettling Utopia - The Making and Unmaking of French India (Paperback)
Series: Columbia Studies in International and Global History
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After India achieved independence from the British in 1947, there
remained five scattered territories governed by the French imperial
state. It was not until 1962 that France fully relinquished
control. Once decolonization took hold across the subcontinent,
Western-led ashrams and utopian communities remained in and around
the former French territory of Pondicherry-most notably the Sri
Aurobindo Ashram and the Auroville experimental township, which
continue to thrive and draw tourists today. Unsettling Utopia
presents a new account of the history of twentieth-century French
India to show how colonial projects persisted beyond formal
decolonization. Through the experience of the French territories,
Jessica Namakkal recasts the relationships among colonization,
settlement, postcolonial sovereignty, utopianism, and liberation,
considering questions of borders, exile, violence, and citizenship
from the margins. She demonstrates how state-sponsored
decolonization-the bureaucratic process of transferring governance
from an imperial state to a postcolonial state-rarely aligned with
local desires. Namakkal examines the colonial histories of the
Aurobindo Ashram and Auroville, arguing that their continued
success shows how decolonization paradoxically opened new spaces of
settlement, perpetuating imperial power. Challenging conventional
markers of the boundaries of the colonial era as well as
nationalist narratives, Unsettling Utopia sheds new light on the
legacies of colonialism and offers bold thinking on what
decolonization might yet mean.
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Imprint: |
Columbia University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Columbia Studies in International and Global History |
Release date: |
June 2021 |
First published: |
2021 |
Authors: |
Jessica Namakkal
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
328 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-231-19769-4 |
Categories: |
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Humanities >
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LSN: |
0-231-19769-1 |
Barcode: |
9780231197694 |
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