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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: does_india_exist1, Does India Exist? It consists of three fundamental questions: Who created India?, P3- India currently exists, but no one knows if in the future it will still exist. and the final question is: Is there anything special about India? Anything specific to the Indian case?, -Invention of modern World-system -Colony domination -Period of world-system development (First segment of the globe:1497-1648 Conlony period:1750-1850) fluid phenomenon long historical process Two choices: - accept the reality - try to explain it, P1- India is an invention of the modern world-system. and the final question is: Is there anything special about India? Anything specific to the Indian case?, Who created India? The propositions offered to answer these questions are: P2- India's pre-modern history is an invention of modern India., The building process has been a continuous one. in sense of: incorporation of new zones, Does India Exist? It consists of three fundamental questions: and when?, How do we know it exists? The propositions offered to answer these questions are: P3- India currently exists, but no one knows if in the future it will still exist., 1- Who? 2- How? 3- When? P3-Ambiguous Future -Nationalism -Nationalism movement -??, -Nationalism -Nationalism movement -?? fluid phenomenon long historical process Two choices: - accept the reality - try to explain it, and when? The propositions offered to answer these questions are: P3- India currently exists, but no one knows if in the future it will still exist., How do we know it exists? The propositions offered to answer these questions are: P2- India's pre-modern history is an invention of modern India., 1- Who? 2- How? 3- When? P2-Historical Culture Invention -Depends on interpreters -Indian nationalist movement -Single greatest influence period (1850-1950), and when? The propositions offered to answer these questions are: P1- India is an invention of the modern world-system., 1- India is an invention of the modern world-system. and The building process has been a continuous one., and when? The propositions offered to answer these questions are: P2- India's pre-modern history is an invention of modern India., Who created India? The propositions offered to answer these questions are: P1- India is an invention of the modern world-system., -Depends on interpreters -Indian nationalist movement -Single greatest influence period (1850-1950) fluid phenomenon long historical process Two choices: - accept the reality - try to explain it, P2- India's pre-modern history is an invention of modern India. and the final question is: Is there anything special about India? Anything specific to the Indian case?, What is the author really doing? weak points: - present determines past present determines how we interpret past - author might be biased by his own nationality History is written by the winner