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Postcolonial India

Door Vinita Damodaran e.a.

Postcolonial India
CategorieAlgemeen Geschiedenis
Boeknummer#388147
TitelPostcolonial India: History, Politics, and Culture
AuteurDamodaran, Vinita & Maya Unnithan-Kumar
BoektypeGebonden hardcover met stofomslag
UitgeverijNew Delhi : Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Jaar van uitgave2000
ISBN108173043817
ISBN139788173043819
TaalEngels
BeschrijvingOriginal black boards, dust jacket, 8vo.
SamenvattingThis book surveys and analyses the economic, political and cultural changes which have taken place in India since its Independence. It explores some of the defining moments in the history of post-colonial India, and brings together recent works of scholars of different disciplines to provide dynamic new insights into the half-century since Independence. The effects of decolonisation, modernisation, and industrialisation are given special attention, particularly in relation to the impacts felt by women and minorities both in the country and the city. The colossal effects of state projects on the environment are also considered. An important focus of the papers is examining the discourses of modernity and the state and the effects they have had on shifting notions of identity. India is today faced with a crisis in the attempts made by the government to accommodate global capitalism in a highly traditional society. Papers in this volume underline two aspects of the current crisis; the deeply worrying failure of liberalisation to stem poverty, and the equally dangerous climate of hostility to secularism. However, the work presented here tries to suggest some possible paths away from the predicaments of communalism and mass poverty.
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