12953nam 2200745 a 450 991081621200332120240417021931.01-84964-111-0(CKB)1000000000802540(StDuBDS)AH22933410(SSID)ssj0000416751(PQKBManifestationID)11296962(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000416751(PQKBWorkID)10437536(PQKB)10691804(MiAaPQ)EBC3386509(Au-PeEL)EBL3386509(CaPaEBR)ebr10480141(CaONFJC)MIL987816(OCoLC)654103916(EXLCZ)99100000000080254020020213d2002 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrEmpire of knowledge culture and plurality in the global economy /Vinay Lal1st ed.London ;Sterling, Va. Pluto Press20021 online resource (264 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7453-1736-7 0-7453-1737-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-246) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Reckoning with the Millennium -- Monolithic Temporality -- Democratizing/ Pluralizing Temporality -- Keeping Watch on Time -- 2 Politics in Our Times -- Total Violence -- Decolonization -- Human Rights -- 3 Governance in the Twenty-First Century -- Democratic Totalitarianism: Requiem for the US -- Nations, But Far from United: Neanderthal Politics -- The Economic Imperium: The Era of the WTO -- 4 Modern Knowledge and its Categories -- The Violence of Development -- The Forgetfulness of History -- The Disciplinary Structure of Modern Knowledge -- 5 Ecology, Economy, Equality -- The Ecology of Equality: The Ecosystem of a Life -- The Economics of Inequality: Poverty and Wealth -- 6 Dissenting Futures -- Finite Games: Hostage to The Clash of Civilizations -- Infinite Games: Dissent in the Gandhian Mode -- The Civilizational Ethos and the Future of Dissent -- Postscript: 9-11, or The Terrorism That Has No Name -- So What's In a Date? -- Islamic Fundamentalism: So What's In a Name? -- Fundamentalisms: Family Resemblances -- A Tale of Countries: The United States ( Revisited) and Afghanistan ( Discovered) -- Notes -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 -- CHAPTER 2 -- CHAPTER 3 -- CHAPTER 4 -- CHAPTER 5 -- CHAPTER 6 -- POSTSCRIPT -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Index -- academy -- 10 -- 154 -58 -- 171 -- 177 -- 200 -1 -- 222 n.34 -- superstars of 154 -6 -- Achebe, Chinua 30 -- Acheson Plan 85 -- acid rain 131 -- Adkins, Jenny 208 n.18 -- aerial bombing -- 1 -- 45 -- 47 -- 195 -6 -- Afghanistan -- 1 -- 6 -- 9 -- 15 -- 46 -- 69 -- 92 -- 187 -- 194 -- 196 -- 198 -201 -- 235 n.41 -- Africa -- 30 -- 53 -4 -- 85 -- 112 -- 148 -- 209 -- n. 25 -- n. 226 n.43 -- n. 227 n.44 -- n. 228 n.46 -- African Americans -- 69 -- 76 -- 95 -- 130 -- 212 n.52 -- 220 n.22 -- African National Congress [ANC] 90.Aggarwal, Anil 224 n.6 -- ahistoricism -- 14 -- 121 -2 -- 232 n.47 -- Aidid, Farah 88 -9 -- Akbar 26 -- Alberuni 31 -- Albright, Madeleine -- 3 -- 69 -- 168 -- alchemy 57 -8 -- Algeria -- 6 -- 17 -- allopathic medicine 58 -9 -- Alternatives [journal] 158 -9 -- American Medical Association [AMA] 58 -- American Way of Life -- 74 -- 190 -8 -- Americans -- 37 -- 47 -- 107 -- 148 -50 -- 183 -- 228 n.47 -- Amnesty International 70 -- anthropology -- 128 -30 -- 137 -- 152 -- anti-Semitism -- 63 -- 184 -5 -- apologies, epidemic of 67 -8 -- Appleby, Joyce 192 -- Aqua-Guard 136 -- Arens, William 219 n.16 -- Armenians -- 44 -- 48 -- Aron, Raymond 48 -- Augustine, St 5 -- automobile culture -- 39 -- 103 -5 -- Autopia 104 -- Ayodhya 120 -- Babri Masjid 120 -- baby food 99 -- Bahuguna, Sunderlal 139 -- Baker, James -- 79 -- 217 n.62 -- Bamiyan Buddhas 198 -- bananas -- 99 -- 217 n.70 -- Banham, Reyner 104 -- Bauman, Zygmunt -- 51 -- 109 -- Bayly, Christopher 209 n.27 -- Bell, Daniel 29 -- Bellah, Robert 213 n.12 -- Bengal 30 -- Benjamin, Walter -- 180 -- 184 -- 233 n.2 -- Bennett, William 191 -- Bentham, Jeremy 28 -- Bhabha, Homi -- 154 -5 -- 228 n.6 -- Biagioli, Mario 229 n.14 -- billionaires 146 -7 -- bin Laden, Osama -- 194 -5 -- 197 -- birthday 16 -17 -- Blair, Tony 191 -- Blake, William -- 57 -- 161 -- Bledstein, Burton 124 -- body 34 -6 -- Boer War -- 2 -- 45 -6 -- Bolivia 134 -- Bosnia -- 43 -- 89 -- breastfeeding 34 -5 -- Bretton Woods Conference 72 -- British Empire -- 2 -- 53 -4 -- 209 n.27 -- British Medical Association 58 -- Buddha 11 -- Burke, Edmund -- 140 -- 225 n.22 -- Burns, Robert 186 -- Bush, George Jr. -- Bush, George Jr 69 -- Bush, George Jr 185 -- Bush, George Jr 189 -91 -- Bush, George Jr 194 -- Bush, George Jr 196 -7 -- Bush, George Jr 212 n.5 -- Bush, George Jr 234 n.23 -- Bush, George Jr 234 n.26 -- Bush, George Jr 235 n.33.Bush, George S. -- Bush, George S 79 -80 -- Bush, George S 197 -- busy-ness -- 6 -- 18 -- Butler, Richard 86 -- Caesar, Julius -- 23 -- 28 -- calendars -- 5 -6 -- 16 -17 -- 22 -7 -- 185 -- 203 n.14 -- and zero 23 -4 -- Gregorian 6 -- Gregorian 16 -- Gregorian 22 -7 -- Gregorian 204 n.15 -- Jewish 25 -6 -- Cambodia -- 9 -- 44 -- 51 -- Canada 67 -- cannibalism -- 112 -- 219 n.16 -- capital punishment -- 69 -70 -- 130 -- 213 n.5 -- capitalism 42 -3 -- Carse, James -- 12 -- 174 -- 179 -- 227 n.43 -- century -- 5 -- 16 -- Chagnon, Napoleon 128 -- Chakrabarty, Dipesh 222 n.29 -- Charles IX 25 -- Chicago, University of -- 145 -- 154 -5 -- 158 -- children 162 -- China -- 9 -- 44 -- 49 -- 53 -- 55 -- 70 -- 81 -- 83 -- 84 -- 87 -- 113 -- 131 -- 166 -7 -- 190 -- 213 n.14 -- Chipko movement -- 139 -- 225 n.19 -- Chomsky, Noam -- 67 -- 75 -- 194 -- Christianity -- 20 -7 -- 130 -- 188 -9 -- 204 n.21 -- Churchill, Winston -- 52 -- 82 -- 171 -- 174 -- CIA -- 67 -- 80 -- 106 -- 236 n.42 -- civilization, discourses of -- 11 -- 166 -8 -- 179 -82 -- 186 -- 198 -- civilizing mission -- 9 -- 180 -- Clash of Civilizations -- 45 -- 166 -7 -- classification -- 152 -3 -- 158 -9 -- Clifford, James 163 -- Clinton, Bill -- 74 -- 92 -- 116 -- 145 -- 162 -- 213 n.14 -- clocks -- 5 -- 16 -- 18 -- 19 -- 27 -- Cold War -- 46 -- 67 -- 77 -- 83 -- 166 -- colonialism -- 17 -- 24 -- 30 -- 45 -- 52 -3 -- 83 -- 111 -12 -- 128 -30 -- 142 -- 177 -8 -- 229 n.14 -- 230 n.22 -- comparative history 120 -- concentration camps -- 46 -7 -- 51 -- 207 n.7 -- consumerism -- 42 -- 125 -6 -- consumption -- 14 -- 126 -- Cook, Sherbourne F. 207 n.11 -- Corbett, Jim 139 -- crorepati -- 147 -- 226 n.42 -- Crusoe, Robinson 22 -- cultural studies -- 10 -- 153 -6 -- 218 n.6 -- 228 n.9 -- superstars of 154 -6 -- Curzon, Lord 52 -- dams -- 113 -14 -- 131 -- 219 n.20 -- Das, Bhagirath Lal 100.de Grazia, Sebastian 18 -- Declaration of Independence -- 60 -- 73 -- 74 -- decolonization -- 7 -- 44 -5 -- 51 -9 -- deep ecology -- 140 -- 144 -- 178 -- deforestation 131 -- Delhi -- 132 -- 135 -6 -- 201 -- developing world, future of 114 -16 -- development -- 3 -- 9 -- 10 -- 44 -- 49 -- 109 -16 -- 124 -5 -- 219 n.20 -- 222 n.29 -- and refugees 113 -14 -- as genocide 9 -- as genocide 44 -- as genocide 49 -- as genocide 110 -- as ideology of evaluation 111 -12 -- history of idea of 111 -13 -- history of idea of 124 -5 -- violence of 109 -16 -- Diamond, Jared -- 61 -- 62 -- Diana, Princess of Wales 150 -- Dickens, Charles 30 -31 -- Diocletian -- 23 -- 204 n.16 -- disciplines, academic -- 11 -- 116 -- 122 -30 -- 145 -- 163 -4 -- 229 n.14 -- 230 n.25 -- dissent -- 11 -12 -- 170 -1 -- 174 -- 175 -82 -- Dow Jones 96 -- Dreze, Jean 91 -- Du Bois, W.E.B. 212 n.52 -- Dyer, Brigadier-General 230 n.22 -- East India Company 25 -- East Timor -- 84 -- 106 -- Easter -- 20 -- 24 -5 -- ecology -- 13 -- 137 -44 -- economics, economists -- 123 -- 126 -8 -- 137 -- 145 -- 154 -- 159 -- 164 -5 -- 202 n.3 -- 221 n.23 -- economy ", meaning of 13 -- economy ", meaning of 137 -8 -- Egypt 25 -- elections -- 42 -- 75 -- elephants 132 -- Eliade, Mircea 205 n.39 -- Elias, Norbert 204 n.20 -- Eliot, T.S. 14 -- England -- 14 -- 42 -- 73 -4 -- 111 -12 -- Englishness 73 -4 -- environmental degradation 131 -3 -- Epiphany 21 -- equality -- 15 -- 137 -- 144 -5 -- equinox 24 -- ethnic cleansing 114 -- Europe -- 12 -- 19 -- 25 -- 42 -- 56 -7 -- 62 -- 63 -- 64 -- 67 -- 85 -- 111 -12 -- 200 -- decolonization of 56 -7 -- violence in 25 -- violence in 43 -5 -- violence in 64 -- violence in 70 -- violence in 204 n.21 -- European Union -- 1 -- 69 -- 100 -1 -- Exiguus, Dionysius 23 -- experts, expertise -- 58 -9 -- 122 -- 124 -- 162 -3 -- 199 -200 -- 222 n.33 -- 235 n.41.famine -- 9 -- 49 -- 110 -- Fanon 55 -- Federal Drug Administration 122 -- Forster, E.M. 162 -- Foucault, Michel 175 -- France -- 27 -- 53 -- 55 -- 210 n.30 -- Franklin, Benjamin 32 -- free trade -- 42 -- 97 -9 -- 116 -- 134 -- 157 -- Freedom House 76 -- French Revolution -- 56 -- 60 -- 63 -- 145 -- Friday Mosque 21 -- Friday" 22 -- Friedman, Milton and Rose 206 n.2 -- Friedman, Thomas -- 190 -- 206 n.2 -- Friedrich, Ernst 43 -- Fukuyama, Francis 187 -- Fussell, Paul -- 106 -- 218 n.6 -- future, futures -- 5 -- 12 -- 114 -15 -- 159 -63 -- 170 -1 -- games -- 12 -- 158 -71 -- 227 n.43 -- finite 158 -71 -- finite 174 -- infinite 12 -- infinite 171 -5 -- Gandhi, Indira 32 -- Gandhi, Mohandas K.["Mahatma -- 232 n.52 -- 233 n.56 -- as ultimate dissenter 11 -- as ultimate dissenter 12 -- as ultimate dissenter 140 -- as ultimate dissenter 171 -82 -- assassination of 171 -2 -- assassination of 174 -- ecological worldview of 138 -44 -- ecological worldview of 178 -- inspiration to environmentalists 40 -- inspiration to environmentalists 178 -- ] 12 -- ] 14 -- ] 15 -- ] 55 -- ] 66 -- ] 112 -- ] 122 -- ] 137 -44 -- ] 171 -82 -- ] 198 -9 -- ] 226 n -- Ganga [Ganges ] 132 -3 -- garbage 151 -- Gates, Bill -- 15 -- 148 -9 -- Gates, Jeff 149 -- GATT -- 72 -- 96 -7 -- 99 -100 -- Gazdar, Haris 91 -- Gelasius, Pope 23 -- Gellner, Ernest -- 61 -- 200 -- 209 n.25 -- genocide -- 9 -- 12 -- 43 -4 -- 48 -- 51 -- 94 -- 110 -- 169 -- Gerber Products Company 99 -- Germany -- 43 -- 50 -- 54 -- 78 -9 -- 121 -- 167 -- 184 -5 -- 230 n.30 -- Ghaffar Khan, Khan Abdul 199 -200 -- Gibbon, Edward 204 n.16 -- global-local 14 -15 -- globalization -- 8 -- 43 -- 123 -4 -- 164 -- 202 n.3 -- Godse, Nathuram 171 -- Goebbels, Josef 185 -- Goethe 57 -8 -- Goitein, S.D. 203 n.9 -- Gramm, Phil 89 -- Great Leap Forward -- 9 -- 49 -- 110 -- Greenblatt, Stephen 112.Greenspan, Alan 96.'Vinay Lal is a new and important presence in the world of scholars who question the intellectual and cultural assumptions that accompany the processes of modernisation, development and globalization.' Dipesh Chakrabarty, The University of ChicagoDuring the media frenzy over the Millennium celebrations, there was hardly any mention of the fact that, for the majority of the world, there was no Millennium at all. This linear understanding of time is a specifically Western - and Christian - concept. This is just one of many examples that Vinay Lal uses to demonstrate that nearly every idea which we take for granted in the west is part of a politics of ideas. Oppression is usually associated with class struggle and other forms of economic monopoly. Lal looks beyond this, deconstructing the cultural assumptions that have emerged alongside capitalism to offer a devastating critique of the politics of knowledge at the heart of all powerbroking.Other topics examined are the concept of 'development', which has provided a mandate for surreptitious colonisation; and the idea of the 'nation state', something we have lived with for no more than two centuries, yet is accepted without question. Linking this to the emergence of 'international governance' through the United Nations, the US, and imperial economic bodies (such as the IMF and WTO), Lal explains how such universalisms came to dominate the trajectory of Western thought.Social history20th centuryEconomic history20th centuryWorld politics20th centuryEqualityKnowledge, Sociology ofHistoryPhilosophyDeveloped countriesRelationsDeveloping countriesDeveloping countriesRelationsDeveloped countriesSocial historyEconomic historyWorld politicsEquality.Knowledge, Sociology of.HistoryPhilosophy.306/.09/04Lal Vinay1641763MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816212003321Empire of knowledge3986086UNINA