This volume is a scholarly response to those who accuse western academics of studying non-western societies through culturally-prejudiced frames of reference. Prepared by the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) in recognition of fifty years of India's Independence, the first part of the volume provides a detailed history of the study of India in the United States and the role of the AIIS in that study. The second part of the volume includes contributions from twenty-seven U.S. scholars representing a wide range of academic disciplines, from anthropology and archaeology to theatre and women's studies. All the scholars identify ways in which working in India has led them and others in their field to reconsider Western-based theories, classification systems, and methods of organising knowledge. This volume richly illustrates the invigoration of scholarship when it is stimulated by concepts and data spanning cultural, historical, linguistic, and regional boundaries.
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Höhe: 240 mm
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978-81-7304-235-5 (9788173042355)
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Joseph W. Elder served as president of the American Institute of Indian Studies from 1986 to 1994. A Sociologist, professor Elder's major institution of affiliation has been the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Preface; Part 1 -- History of the Study of India in the United States: Institutional Base for the Study of South Asia in the United States & the Role of the American Institute of Indian Studies; Introduction; Early Context of American Academic Interest in India; From Indology to South Asian Studies: W Norman Brown's Role; The Structure of Higher Education in the United States; Post-World War II Expansion of American Studies of South Asia; Steps Towards the AIIS: from 'School' to 'Institute'; Creating the American Institute of Indian Studies, 1961-1962; The Institute's First Decade of Operation, 1962-1972; The 1970s: Changes in South Asian Studies & in the AIIS; The 1970s: Context & Results of AIIS Reorganization; Efflorescence of South Asian Studies: Context in the 1980s; The 1990s: Changes & Challenges to South Asian Studies in the U.S. & the AIIS in India; A Momentous Half-Century, 1947-1997: Retrospect & Prospect Institutional Members of the American Institute of Indian Studies, 1997; References. Part II -- Contributions of the Study of India to Various Academic Disciplines: Anthropology; Archaeology; Art History (Islamic); Dance; Economics; Folklore; Geography; History (Pre-Colonial); History (Colonial & Post-Colonial); Languages; Linguistics; Literature; Mathematics & Mathematical Astronomy; Music; Philosophy; Political Science; Religious Studies: Vedic & Classical Hinduism; Religious Studies: Medieval Hinduism; Religious Studies: Modern Hinduism/Jainism; Religious Studies: South Indian Hinduism/ Buddhism/Jainism; Religious Studies: Theories of Comparison; Religious Studies: Islam; Sanskrit; Sociology; Theatre; Women's Studies; Contributors' Institutional Affiliations; Index.
