Constructing Post-Colonial India: National Character and the Doon School
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 aut…
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- Full title :Constructing Post-Colonial India : National Character and the Doon School.
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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.
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- Publication Date:©2005
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
- Place of Publication:Florence
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2005
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- Description:1 online resource (255 pages).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780203980279, 0203980271
- oclc:on1048580429
- LC Classification:DS428.2
- Dewey Decimal:306.0954
Table of Contents
Book cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: the seductions of capital -- 1. Practical minds, solid builders, and sane opinions -- 2. The marble mirage: constructing the Orient -- 3. The garden of rational delights -- 4. Secularism, the citizen, and Hindu contextualism -- 5. The management of water: capitalism, class, and science -- 6. The order of men: sentiments of the metropolis, settlements of civil society -- 7. Conclusion: 'post-coloniality', national identity, globalisation, and the simulacra of the real -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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