Imperial encounters religion and modernity in india and britain imperial encounters religion and modernity in india and britain peter van der veer author peter van der veer publisher. Picking up on edward saids claim that the historical experience of empire is common to both the colonizer and the colonized peter van der veer takes the . Ppicking up on edward saids claim that the historical experience of empire is common to both the colonizer and the colonized peter van der veer takes the case of religion to examine the mutual impact of britains colonization of india on indian and british culture he shows that national culture in both india and britain developed in relation to their shared colonial experience and that . Van der veerpeter imperial encounters religion and modernity in india and britain princeton princeton university press 2001 x 205 pp isbn 0 691 07478 x volume 26 issue 2 j michelle