Thought of Nirad C. Chaudhuri

In this critical examination of the famous South Asian thinker Nirad C. Chaudhuri (1897–1999), a notorious Anglophile and defender of Empire, Ian Almond analyses the factors that played a role in the evolution of his thought. Almond explores how Empire creates ''native informants'', enabling local subjects to alienate themselves from and even abhor their own cultures. Through analysis of Chaudhuri...