I ndia and the G reat War: Colonial Fantasies, Anxieties and Discontent
I ndia and the G reat War: Colonial Fantasies, Anxieties and Discontent
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印度与大战：殖民幻想、焦虑和不满
DOI：
10.1111/sena.12097
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发表时间：
2014
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0.6
通讯作者：
Singh G
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作者：
Singh G
第一次世界大战期间，印度是英国人幻想和焦虑的地方。这是一个受到威胁的帝国的主要后备部队——170万印度兵（或“印度兵”）被征召去战斗。与此同时，印度的革命阴谋一直萦绕在英国官场的想象中。在第一次世界大战之后，它们被用来为从殖民屠杀到对新闻的无限期审查等一切行为辩护。英属印度怎么能同时被塑造成帝国的成功和帝国即将衰落的根源？在第一次世界大战期间，帝国的本质是什么，使印度既被视为幻想，又被视为神经病？本文将通过分析战时印度的革命运动和印度士兵的战争经历来提供一些答案。
India was the site of British fantasies and anxieties during the First World War. It was the chief Imperial reserve for an Empire under threat – 1.7 million Indiansipahis(or ‘sepoys’) were enlisted to fight. At the same time, revolutionary conspiracies in India haunted the imagination of British officialdom. They were used, in the aftermath of the First World War, to justify everything from colonial massacres to the indefinite censorship of the press. How could British India simultaneously be constructed as Imperial success and the source of imminent Imperial decline? What was it about the nature of Empire during the First World War that enabled India to be seen as both fantasy and neurosis? This article will provide some answers with an analysis of wartime revolutionary movements in India and of the war experiences of Indian soldiers.