Decolonizing Indian studies / edited by Arvind Sharma.

By:

Arvind Sharma Ed

Contributor(s):

Sharma, Arvind

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi DK Printworld 2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 297 23 cmISBN:

9788124608326
8124608326

Subject(s):

Cross-cultural studies

DDC classification:

954 Ar89 D 102249

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Ubhayabharati General Stacks	Non-fiction	954 Ar89 D 102249 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	102249

Contributed articles presented at the conference under the title: Decolonizing Indian Studies, held at Denver, during 8-10 October 2010.

The present Indian academic self-understanding of its history and culture is largely Western in origin. This Western intellectual enterprise, however, went hand in hand with a Western political enterprise, i.e the colonization of India. This raises the question: To what extent, if any, did the two developments influence each other ? It also raises another question; To what extent did West's cultural presuppositions influence its understanding of Indian civilization

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