
The Indian University
A Critical History
Debaditya Bhattacharya(Author)
Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 10. April 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
296 pages
978-93-5442-636-0 (ISBN)
Description
Is there such a thing as an 'Indian university'? Is there an 'idea' of an Indian university? Were universities in India living and breathing products of the soil, or were they conceptual imports from a colonial heritage? What is the relationship between universities in India and the 'publics' that have inhabited or are alienated by them? More pointedly, how 'public' is the Indian public university? This volume explores the historical makings of the Indian university as it stands today, by sifting through archives, colonial/postcolonial policies, textual-literary records and political-economic developments. What results is a 'critical history' - navigating the force of myth and promise, revolutions and reforms, communities and markets.
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Language
English
Place of publication
India
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 143 mm
Width: 221 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
348 gr
ISBN-13
978-93-5442-636-0 (9789354426360)
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Debaditya Bhattacharya teaches literature at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Two of his edited anthologies on critical university studies include The Idea of the University: Histories and Contexts and The University Unthought: Notes for a Future.