This article is an attempt to acknowledge various forms of citizenship whose existence as political subjectivity has been systematically subjugated by Eurocentric political theory. Indeed, these forms were not simply ignored but regarded as an obstacle to the development of modern civil society. Strong religious, communal and kinship ties in non-European societies were treated as evidence of their inability to produce modern citizenship. How then, after examining this orientalist tendency of Eurocentric political theories, can we look at such âcitizenshipâ as a form of political subjectivity? This article examines how religious and caste communities, especially religious institutions called mathas, in South India in the early twentieth century went through colonial intervention and modern democratic aspirations and successfully articulated their political wills through the act of devotion for their gurus.View full textDownload full textKeywordspolitical subjectivity, religion, politics, segmentary state, India, colonialism, casteRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2012.698494
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