The mortal God: imagining the sovereign in colonial India

The Mortal God is a study in intellectual history which uncovers how actors in colonial India imagined various figures of human, divine, and messianic rulers to battle over the nature and locus of sovereignty. It studies British and Indian political-intellectual elites as well as South Asian peasant...

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Main Author:	Banerjee, Milinda (Author)
Format:	Book/Monograph Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2018
DOI:	10.1017/9781316711187
Subjects:	India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947 India > Politics and government > 20th century India > Politics and government > 19th century Hochschulschrift Hoheitsgewalt Herrschaft Britisch-Indien Geschichte 1765-1947 Großbritannien Besetzung Kolonialismus Indien
Online Access:	Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316711187
Author Notes:	Milinda Banerjee