Download or read book Religious Revivalism as Nationalist Discourse written by Shamita Basu and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines nineteenth-century religious movements and discourses in India. Concentrating on the philosophy propounded by Swami Vivekananda, the book explores the relation between nationalism and modernity in a colonial world.