Sikh Identity and Social and Political Changes in Modern India

• 井坂 理穂

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• <研究ノート>近現代インドの政治・社会変容とスィク・アイデンティティ

Abstract

This paper examines the way in which the question of Sikh identity was discussed in social and political contexts of colonial and post-colonial India. Although the symbols commonly associated with Sikhism and the codes of conduct and doctrines that are now widely shared among the Sikhs are partly based on ideas that were formed in the pre-colonial period, they were largely reconstructed during the colonial period through various socio-religious and political movements in which attempts were made to define who is a 'Sikh'. This essay describes how Sikh leaders from the mid-nineteenth century onwards tried to unite the community and differentiate this community from others. It further seeks to demonstrate how these movements in turn gave rise to ideas that associated this community with a specific language and a region, namely, Panjabi and Panjab. Being a non-Panjabi specialist, I analyse the case of Sikh identity largely based on secondary sources, with the aim of considering how we could further develop our studies on the reconstruction of different communities and regions in modern India.

Journal

• 現代インド研究

  現代インド研究 3 171-189, 2013-02

  人間文化研究機構地域研究推進事業「現代インド地域研究」

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Details

• CRID: 1390853649769792640
• NII Article ID: 120005244637
• NII Book ID: AA12520400
• ISSN: 21859833
• DOI: 10.14989/173741
• HANDLE: 2433/173741
• Text Lang: ja
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  • IRDB
  • CiNii Articles
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