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dc.contributor.authorRao, Rahul
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-02T09:30:22Z
dc.date.available2023-08-02T09:30:22Z
dc.date.issued2023-10-01
dc.identifier291705592
dc.identifier61999fa3-7189-4860-892b-bc31861da3ea
dc.identifier85166649191
dc.identifier.citationRao , R 2023 , ' Gandhi falling ... and rising ' , Journal of Historical Geography , vol. 82 , pp. 1–10 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2023.07.001en
dc.identifier.issn0305-7488
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-3289-7460/work/139965146
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/28081
dc.descriptionFunding: The writing of this article was supported by a 2021–22 fellowship at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences.en
dc.description.abstractIn recent years, statues of Gandhi have been attacked by a variety of radically incommensurable movements. Subaltern social movements struggling to dismantle the legacies of colonialism, slavery and apartheid have attacked Gandhi on the grounds of his alleged racism, casteism, misogyny and because he functions as a cipher for the imperialism of the contemporary Indian state and the racism of Indian society. Yet little about the case against Gandhi is new. This article explores why these arguments are being voiced now by identifying three discursive vehicles that have given them salience – decolonisation in the African academy, US-originated Afropessimism and a resurgent global Dalit movement. The article juxtaposes this global picture with the range of contradictory attitudes expressed towards Gandhi in India, where a state dominated by the neoliberal Hindu Right promotes Gandhi abroad at the same time as it sidelines him at home. Simultaneously, Gandhi is attacked by its domestic electoral base while remaining a talisman for its opponents as a symbol of an elusive communal harmony and environmentalism. In revealing how Gandhi is toppled by radically incommensurable social movements and how attitudes towards Gandhi do not map neatly onto power, the article complicates ongoing debates about decolonisation, memorialisation and heritage.
dc.format.extent10
dc.format.extent1271680
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Historical Geographyen
dc.subjectGandhien
dc.subjectRaceen
dc.subjectCasteen
dc.subjectRhodes Must Fallen
dc.subjectGandhi Must Fallen
dc.subjectDecolonisationen
dc.subjectAfropessimismen
dc.subjectDaliten
dc.subjectHindu Righten
dc.subjectStatuesen
dc.subjectT-NDASen
dc.subjectSDG 5 - Gender Equalityen
dc.subjectMCCen
dc.titleGandhi falling ... and risingen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of International Relationsen
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jhg.2023.07.001
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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