Constructing Post-Colonial India: National Character and the Doon SchoolRoutledge, 27 sep 2005 - 272 pagina's An interdisciplinary and engaging book which looks at the nature of Indian society since Independence and unpacks what post-colonialism means to Indian citizens. Using the case study of the Doon School, a famous boarding school for boys, and one of the leading educational institutions in India, the author argues that to be post-colonial in India is to be modern, rational, secular and urban. In placing post-colonialism in this concrete social context, and analysing how it is constructed, the author renders a complex and often rather abstract subject accessible. |
Inhoudsopgave
the seductions of capital | 1 |
1 Practical minds solid builders and sane opinions | 18 |
constructing the Orient | 39 |
3 The garden of rational delights | 51 |
4 Secularism the citizen and Hindu contextualism | 81 |
capitalism class and science | 119 |
sentiments of the metropolis settlements of civil society | 147 |
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Constructing Post-Colonial India: National Character and the Doon School Sanjay Srivastava Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2005 |
Constructing Post-colonial India: National Character and the Doon School Sanjay Srivastava Gedeeltelijke weergave - 1998 |
Constructing Post-colonial India: National Character and the Doon School Sanjay Srivastava Gedeeltelijke weergave - 1998 |
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