Prophets facing backward : postmodern critiques of science and Hindu nationalism in India /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nanda, Meera
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2003.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Science > India > History > 20th century.
Nationalism > India.
Science > Philosophy > History > 20th century.
Sciences > Inde > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SCIENCE > History.
Nationalism
Science
Science > Philosophy
India
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Prophets Facing Backward: Betrayal of the Clerks
  • pt. I Hindu Nationalism and "Vedic Science"
  • 2. Dharma and the Bomb: Reactionary Modernism in India
  • 3. Vedic Science, Part One: Legitimation of the Hindu Nationalist Worldview
  • 4. Vedic Science, Part Two: Philosophical Justification of Vedic Science
  • pt. II Postmodern Critiques of Science
  • 5. Epistemic Charity: Equality of All "Ethnosciences"
  • 6. We Are All Hybrids Now! Paths to Reactionary Modernism
  • 7. Dalit Defense of the Deweyan-Buddhist View of Science
  • pt. III Postmodernism and New Social Movements in India
  • 8. Battle for Scientific Temper in India's New Social Movements
  • 9. Ecofeminist Critique of the Green Revolution
  • 10. "Hindu Left," Agrarian Populism, and the Hindu Right
  • 11. Conclusion: Prophets Facing Forward.

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