Decolonization and Development
Hind Svaraj Revisioned
1st Edition
Published on 30. August 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-0-8039-9117-0 (ISBN)
Description
Written as an extended dialogue between student and teacher, this book creates a forum for a neo-Ghandian perspective in current debates on decolonization and development. The author defines India as a space for plurality and tradition which offers an alternative to the western ways. He asserts that decolonization means the protection and continuation of Indian ways of thinking and of perceiving and experiencing reality. At the same time however, he believes that the rejection of the West would be both impossible and undesirable. What is needed is a creative strategy for assimilating outside influences.
More details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-9117-0 (9780803991170)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
The Metaphysics of Dialogue
(En) titled Premises
Culture and Colonization
Decolonization?
The Enemy Outside
The Enemy Within - I
The Enemy Within - II
Defining India
Defining the West
Indo-Western Encounters
Interaction with the West
Terms and Conditions
The Role of the State
Theories of Colonization and Decolonization
Strategies for Resistance
Strategies of Assimilation
The Colonized as Colonizers and the Colonizers as Colonized
Decolonization and Development
Versions of Development
Population
Food
The Environment
Science
Communalism
Education and Language
The Women's Movement
The State of the Nation
Conclusion
Towards a World Culture
Postscript
Re-Reading the Dialogue
(En) titled Premises
Culture and Colonization
Decolonization?
The Enemy Outside
The Enemy Within - I
The Enemy Within - II
Defining India
Defining the West
Indo-Western Encounters
Interaction with the West
Terms and Conditions
The Role of the State
Theories of Colonization and Decolonization
Strategies for Resistance
Strategies of Assimilation
The Colonized as Colonizers and the Colonizers as Colonized
Decolonization and Development
Versions of Development
Population
Food
The Environment
Science
Communalism
Education and Language
The Women's Movement
The State of the Nation
Conclusion
Towards a World Culture
Postscript
Re-Reading the Dialogue