TY - BOOK AU - Nagappa Gowda,K. TI - The Bhagavadgita in the nationalist discourse SN - 9780198072065 U1 - 294.5924047 PY - 2011/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press KW - Nationalism KW - Religious aspects KW - Hinduism KW - Nationalism and literature KW - India N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-281) and index; Culturing the nation : Bankim's reading of the Gita -- The Sthitaprajna as the foundation of the nation : Tilak and the Gita Rahasya -- Nishkama Karma and the masses: Vivekananda's understanding of the Gita -- Nation in a spiritual quest: Aurobindo and the Gita -- Anasaktiyoga and the nationalist imagination : Gandhi's interpretation of the Gita -- Svadharma and the nation : Vinoba's reading of the Gita -- The Gita and the Ambedkar: Buddhism as the alternative -- Appendix: Aurobindo versus ethicists ER -