Secular positivist modernism could not withstand pressures aligning Indian nationalism with metaphysics.

Evidence

Positivist kinds of secularism and modernism which grew during the same period often found it difficult to withstand these pressures for identifying Indian cultural nationalism with metaphysics and revivalist tendencies. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 1203

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Secular Indian modernism conceded religious texts’ greatness in exchange for a nonreligious sphere. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, 1204; The collapse of Enlightenment certainty politicized struggles between modernist currents. — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 238; Material interests and Enlightenment ideas alone could not shape nationalist imagined communities. — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 241

Broader Connections

• Material interests and Enlightenment ideas alone could not shape nationalist imagined communities. #corroborates (0.82) — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities, 241
• The collapse of Enlightenment certainty politicized struggles between modernist currents. #complicates (0.72) — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 238