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Arvind Elangovan on Tensions Within the Indian Constitution

Ideas of India

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Constitutionalism

What is the ortension between nationalism, colonialism and constitutionalism? According to you, that's a great question. So one thing that has happened in literature and scholarship is there is an assumption that the subject of the constitution was always envisioned in a singular way. But the problem is colonial context actually does not produce that singular subject. Colonial constitutionalism actually produces a divided subject and a divided population.

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