Dhruv Raina

Images and Contexts

The Historiography of Science and Modernity in India

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume situates the historiography of science in India within a social theory of science. Focussing on several strands from the corpus of writing over the last 150 years, it examines the paradigm shift within science studies, the move away from a West-centric theory of science, and future trends and possibilities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 140mm x 216mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 277g
• ISBN-13: 9780198068808
• ISBN-10: 0198068808
• Artikelnr.: 32086025

Autorenporträt

Dhruv Raina is Professor, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Inhaltsangabe

1.: Introduction;
2.: Scientism and Romanticism
3.: P. C. Ray and Marcelin Berthelot;
4.: The Sarton and Coomaraswamy Dialogue;
5.: The Indian Journal of History of Science;
6.: The Missing Picture;
7.: Reconfiguring the Centre;
8.: From West to Non-West;
9.: Future Trajectories;
Bibliography