Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Socialism
- The Cambridge History of Socialism
- The Cambridge History of Socialism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume II
- Abbreviations
- Introduction to Volume II
- Part I Transforming State Power
- Social Democratic Routes in Europe
- Social Democratic Routes in Australia, the Americas, and Asia
- Worldwide Connections
- Southern Trajectories
- 17 Socialism, Zionism, and Settler Colonialism in Israel/Palestine
- 18 Socialism in India
- 19 The Lanka Sama Samaja Party
- 20 African Socialism
- 21 Arab Socialism
- 22 Chavismo: Revolutionary Bolivarianism in Venezuela
- Left Socialisms
- Part II Transversal Perspectives
- Index
- References
18 - Socialism in India
from Southern Trajectories
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 November 2022
- The Cambridge History of Socialism
- The Cambridge History of Socialism
- The Cambridge History of Socialism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors to Volume II
- Abbreviations
- Introduction to Volume II
- Part I Transforming State Power
- Social Democratic Routes in Europe
- Social Democratic Routes in Australia, the Americas, and Asia
- Worldwide Connections
- Southern Trajectories
- 17 Socialism, Zionism, and Settler Colonialism in Israel/Palestine
- 18 Socialism in India
- 19 The Lanka Sama Samaja Party
- 20 African Socialism
- 21 Arab Socialism
- 22 Chavismo: Revolutionary Bolivarianism in Venezuela
- Left Socialisms
- Part II Transversal Perspectives
- Index
- References
Summary
Socialism in India flourished in the space between communalism or the various religious nationalisms, but principally the Hindu species, and communism, and globally it would be recognizable as a variant of European social democracy or socialism located between conservatism and communism. It was a potent presence at the summit of Indian politics during the half century between the late 1920s and the late 1970s as groups clustered around Jawaharlal Nehru of the Congress, which was both a party and a movement within the larger national movement for independence, as also around others like Jayaprakash Narayan, J. B. Kripalani, Ram Manohar Lohia, and Narendra Deva. They were both within the Congress and therefore with the government after Independence in 1947 as much as in opposition.
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- The Cambridge History of Socialism , pp. 414 - 434Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022