Prophets facing backward : postmodern critiques of science and Hindu nationalism in India / / Meera Nanda
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| Autore: |
Nanda Meera
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| Titolo: |
Prophets facing backward : postmodern critiques of science and Hindu nationalism in India / / Meera Nanda
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| Pubblicazione: | New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2003 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (329 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 509.54/09/04 |
| Soggetto topico: | Science - India - History - 20th century |
| Nationalism - India | |
| Science - Philosophy - History - 20th century | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-298) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Prophets Facing Backward: Betrayal of the Clerks -- Chapter 2: Dharma and the Bomb: Reactionary Modernism in India -- Chapter 3: Vedic Science, Part One: Legitimation of the Hindu Nationalist Worldview -- Chapter 4: Vedic Science, Part Two: Philosophical Justi.cation of Vedic Science -- Chapter 5: Epistemic Charity: Equality of All "Ethnosciences" -- Chapter 6: We are All Hybrids Now!: Paths to Reactionary Modernism -- Chapter 7: A Dalit Defense of the Deweyan-Buddhist View of Science -- Chapter 8: The Battle for Scientific Temper in India's New Social Movements -- Chapter 9: The Ecofeminist Critique of the Green Revolution -- Chapter 10: The "Hindu Left," Agrarian Populism, and the Hindu Right -- Chapter 11: Conclusion: Prophets Facing Forward -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Prophets facing backward |
| ISBN: | 0-8135-7108-1 |
| 0-8135-3634-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910826682903321 |
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