The Making of "Veer Savarkar": Methods for Writing an Intellectual History
This paper examines the conceptualization of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar as “Veer Savarkar” in the early decades of the twentieth century. It argues that Savarkar’s writings about heroism, bravery, and masculinity helped to shape his political subjectivity as “Veer Savarkar.” Savarkar’s engagement with contemporary methodological debates on biography, autobiography, and a history of ideas will also be examined.

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Date: 1 February 2021, 16:00
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Speaker: Vinayak Chaturvedi (University of California, Irvine)
Organising department: Faculty of History
Organiser: Zobia Haq (University of Oxford)
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Part of: South Asian Intellectual History Seminar
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