The Formation of the Indian State and Its Post-colonial Condition: Field, Capital, and Doxa

In this chapter, I will explore the formation of the Indian state and its post-colonial condition, using the concepts of field, capital, and doxa. These elements are crucial to understanding the political dynamics and in India after the colonial period. In the following section, I will examine the political partition and surrounding politics, highlighting how this led to the formation of a Muslim otherness in India and the foundations of pathological homogenization. This analysis is crucial to understanding the complexities of post-independence Indian history. Next, I will address the construction of the post-colonial Indian state, considering concepts such as mimicry, the bureaucratic dimension, and the presence of violence in this process. These factors play a significant role in shaping the modern Indian state. In the last section of this chapter, I will conduct a preliminary analysis that connects the concepts of field, capital, and doxa to the reality of the post-colonial Indian state. This analysis will offer a deeper perspective on how these concepts manifest in the complex Indian dynamics. Overall, this chapter is dedicated to unraveling the formation of the Indian state after independence and its post-colonial condition, exploring the politics of partition, the construction of the state, and the application of the concepts of field, capital, and doxa for a deeper understanding of the Indian reality.