S N Balagangadhara

Reconceptualizing India Studies

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a radical analysis of postcolonial studies as a discipline and modern India as a domain of study. It discusses wide variety of issues such as different definitions of culture, colonialism, secularism, and orientalist discourse.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 160mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780198082965
• ISBN-10: 0198082967
• Artikelnr.: 37042584

Autorenporträt

S.N. Balagangadhara is Professor and Director Research Centre, Vergelijkende Cultuurwetenschap, Department of Comparative Science of Cultures, Ghent University, Belgium.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1: 'Culture' and the 'Cultural': Problems, Pitfalls and a Proposal
2: The Future of the Present: Rethinking the Post-colonial Project
3: Comparative Science of Cultures: A Methodological Reflection
4: Colonialism and Colonial Consciousness
5: India and Her Traditions: An Open Letter to Jeffrey Kripal
6: Are Dialogues an Antidote to Violence?
7: Intercultural Encounters, Reasonable Dialogues, and Normative Political Theory
8: The Secular State and the Religious Conflict
Bibliography
Index