Exorcizing the Spectres of Colonialism in Contemporary Sikhism and Postcolonial Thought
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https://doi.org/10.1558/rosa.v4i2.165Keywords:
Arvind-Pal S. Mandair, identity politics, language, monotheolingualism, postcolonialism, religion, SikhismAbstract
This review discusses Arvind-Pal S. Mandair’s Religion and the Specter of the West: Sikhism, India, Postcoloniality, and the Politics of Translation (hereafter RSW), published in 2009 by Columbia University Press.
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2012-01-20
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Shani, G. (2012). Exorcizing the Spectres of Colonialism in Contemporary Sikhism and Postcolonial Thought. Religions of South Asia, 4(2), 165-171. https://doi.org/10.1558/rosa.v4i2.165
