Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money
| AnyBook4Less.com | Order from a Major Online Bookstore |
|
| Home | Store List | FAQ | Contact Us | | ||
| Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine Save Your Time And Money |
||
 |
Title: Another Reason by Gyan Prakash ISBN: 0-691-00453-6 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 09 August, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Foucauldian discussion of science and state in India
Comment: This book is a better example of the use of Foucauldian analysis in a non-Euro/American setting. Prakash's discussion of how the colonial state used science to legitimate its rule, and how the nationalist anticolonial elites redefined and reinscribed science to legitimate their own goals is very thorough. He applies Foucault's notion of "governmentality" to demonstrate how science operated to control and maintain the populace. Highly recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: Not Science but more...
Comment: This not about science as such, but about the idea of science. This is one of best recent academic books that I have read on modern India. Using science as a window into the culture of modern India, or Indian modernity, Prakash provides a captivating account of how areas ranging from museums to religion to politics were refashioned. The book is also very elegant, starting with the cool cover, the well chosen chapter epigraphs, and chapter titles. You will come away with a very thoughtful, nuanced understanding of how the idea of science entered the constitution of colonial India. One last thing, though Prakash's approach is what would be called "postcolonial," it is solidly grounded in Indian materials while being very stylish. A real treat!
Rating: 3
Summary: Not for the faint of heart. . .
Comment: Chances are that if you're reading this book it was assigned for a class. Prakash is an eloquent writer who offers rigorous arguments, but he often does so in a convoluted and deeply academic style. His excellent coverage of the beginnings and underlying motivations of museums is fascinating and accessible reading, and it fits neatly with his over-all examination of the coming of Indian Modernity. His overall argument flows through the entire book, though it is easy to lose sight of it if you're reading for pleasure.
 |
Title: Provincializing Europe by Dipesh Chakrabarty ISBN: 0691049092 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 15 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
 |
Title: Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India. by Nicholas B. Dirks ISBN: 0691088950 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
 |
Title: Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire by C. A. Bayly, Gordon Johnson, John F. Richards ISBN: 0521386500 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 26 July, 1990 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
 |
Title: Notes on Love in a Tamil Family by Margaret Trawick ISBN: 0520078942 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: April, 1992 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
 |
Title: Nationalist Thought and the Colonial World: A Derivative Discourse by Partha Chatterjee ISBN: 0816623112 Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: January, 1993 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!
Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments
