Constructing Post-colonial India: National Character and the Doon SchoolPsychology Press, 1998 - 259 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
Practical minds solid builders and sane opinions | 20 |
constructing the Orient | 44 |
The garden of rational delights | 57 |
Secularism the citizen and Hindu contextualism | 90 |
capitalism class and science | 134 |
sentiments of the metropolis | 165 |
postcoloniality national identity | 190 |
Appendices | 223 |
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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 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
activity Ajmer Arthur Foot Arya Samaj aspect assembly attempt Ayodhya Bengal boys Brahmo Samaj British Calcutta campus chapter characterised chronotope citizen citizenship civil society civilisation colonial concerned constituted Constructing post-colonial India context course Dehra Dun Delhi discipline discourse discussion Doon School Doon's elaboration English public school established ethos European existence Foucault founders functioning Gandhi Headmaster Hindi Hindu contextualism ibid idea important Indian Public Schools Indian society institutions intellectual intelligentsia Mandal Mayo College metropolis metropolitan milieu Muslim narrative national identity nationalist native nature non-metropolis non-metropolitan North Indian object officer organised political population position post-colonised nation present princes provincial Punjab realm regime religion religious scientific secular Singh social social capital space specific strategy subordinate staff suggested symbolic Tandon teachers tion total institution University Uttar Pradesh village
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