Dialectics of 'Nationalism' and /or 'Internationalism' with the Aesthetics of Hybridity

This paper investigates the tension between the fixed structures of Nationalism and the fluid aesthetics of Hybridity, as defined by Homi K. Bhabha. By positioning hybridity within the ‘Third Space’ of cultural enunciation, the study explores with the examples of India and America how societies have historically evolved through a palimpsest of migratory synthesis-ranging from the ancestral native community to the biological, cultural hybridy. ‘Hybridity’ serves as a tool to deconstruct myths of racial and cultural purity it is simultaneously co-opted by global capitalist structures to create an objectified, consumer-centric world. This research points out that while the journey of civilization began with communal survival, the shift toward rapid production and power necessitated the invention of the “nation-State” as a tool for labor consolidation. Furthermore, it posits that modern concepts of internationalism are frequently manufactured by an imperial, euro-centric class to establish a “moral consciousness project” within the middleclass, thereby ensuring capitalist dominance.