Imagining India

Imagining India

by Inden, Ronald B.

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The author offers a critique of the presuppositions behind the discourses which have claimed to reveal the truth about India. He discusses how a succession of writers have built upon the misconceptions of their predecessors and used these misconceptions to bolster Western self-perceptions.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Imagining India / Ronald Inden.

Summary

The author offers a critique of the presuppositions behind the discourses which have claimed to reveal the truth about India. He discusses how a succession of writers have built upon the misconceptions of their predecessors and used these misconceptions to bolster Western self-perceptions.

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  • Publication Date:2000.

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Notes

Originally published: Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell, 1990.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xiii, 298 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0253336899, 9780253336897, 0253213584, 9780253213587
  • oclc:ocn318419842
  • LC Classification:DS435.8
  • Dewey Decimal:954 .0072

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