Secular Indian modernism conceded religious texts’ greatness in exchange for a nonreligious sphere.

Evidence

At the very least, a sort of bargain was struck whereby a secular, even nonreligious sphere was gained by conceding that the hallowed religious texts were never to be challenged directly and were always presumed to be ‘great’ because, after all, they were the great monuments of our ‘tradition’ Relatively - though not alwaysmore consistent were the ‘progressive’ literatures which arose during the 1930s and after, directly inspired by the communist movement; these were able to carry on the democratizing processes in linguistic and literary arenas, while remaining largely free of the revivalist taint. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 1204

Categorization

• XREF: A precise instance of the strategic/ironic essentialist bargain: a secular space purchased by never directly challenging the ‘great monuments of tradition’ — the always-already-presumed-great text the reader’s framework predicts. — connects to: Religious reform movements checked the secularization of modern Indian literatures. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Nations, Classes, Literatures, 529; Indian secular nationalism bought its secular sphere by leaving religious texts unchallenged. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Nations, Classes, Literatures, 531; Secular positivist modernism could not withstand pressures aligning Indian nationalism with metaphysics. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, 1203 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Indian secular nationalism bought its secular sphere by leaving religious texts unchallenged. #corroborates (0.90) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 531
• Religious reform movements checked the secularization of modern Indian literatures. #complicates (0.80) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 529
• Secular positivist modernism could not withstand pressures aligning Indian nationalism with metaphysics. #corroborates (0.75) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 1203
• The modern concept of Indian Literature and canonical Hinduism were fabricated together. #expands (0.75) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 509