Abstract:

This essay examines anti-colonial writings of radical journalist Aurobindo Ghose (1872–1950), who edited and published several periodicals between 1893 and 1921 that shaped the modern Indian press. I discuss his changing political discourses over four periodicals, at first hostile to Britain and in fierce disputes with other periodicals, then ultimately arguing that Indians construct a modern national identity apart from Britain from their pre-European history, spirituality, and culture. Considering Margaret Beetham’s comments on periodicals’ temporality, ties to readership, and generic polymorphous diversity, I suggest that political periodicals under colonialism were necessarily “closed” and resistant to diverse opinions under the stresses of empire, creating a distinct periodical culture.

摘要：

本文探讨激进记者Aurobindo Ghose（1872-1950）的反殖民主义著作，他在1893年至1921年之间编辑和出版了几本期刊，这些期刊对现代印度新闻界产生了影响。我讨论了他在四个期刊上不断变化的政治话语，首先是对英国怀有敌意，并与其他期刊发生激烈争执，然后最终争论说，除了英国人在欧洲前的历史，精神和文化之外，印度人还建立了现代的民族认同，而英国则除外。考虑到玛格丽特·比瑟姆（Margaret Beetham）对期刊的时间性，与读者的联系以及通用的多态多样性的评论，我建议殖民主义下的政治期刊必然是“封闭的”，并且在帝国的压力下会抵抗各种观点，从而创造出独特的期刊文化。