Knowledge Production, Pedagogy, and Institutions in Colonial India [electronic resource] /
Sengupta, I.author.
Ali, D.author.
This volume seeks to revise the Saidian analytical framework which dominated research on the subject of colonial knowledge for almost two decades, which emphasized colonial knowledge as a series of representations of colonial hegemony. It seeks to contribute to research in the field by analyzing knowledge in colonial India as a dynamic process.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- PART I: PRODUCING COLONIAL KNOWLEDGE * What's in a (Proper) Name? Particulars, Individuals and Authorship in the Linguistic Survey of India and Colonial Scholarship -- Javed Majeed * The Floating Lexicon: Hobson-Jobson and the OED -- Kate Teltscher * Missions and Museums: Hindu Gods and Other "Abominations," 1820-1860 -- Geoffrey Oddie * Antiquarian Knowledge and Preservation of Indian Monuments at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century -- Ann Julie Etter * PART II: HISTORICAL PLACE, HISTORICAL PASTS * Landscapes of the Past: Rajatarangini and Historical Knowledge Production in Late-Nineteenth-Century Kashmir -- Chitralekha Zutshi * Jaunpur, Ruination, and Conservation during the Colonial Era -- Michael Dodson * The Qutb Minar in Sayyid Ahmad Khan's Asar us-anadid -- David Lelyveld * PART III: PEDAGOGY AND TRANSFORMATION * Promoting Scientism: Institutions for Gathering and Disseminating Knowledge in British Bihar -- Peter Gottschalk * Old Books in New Bindings: Ethics and Education in Colonial India -- Avril Powell * Teaching Emotions. Victorian Values and Sharafat in Nineteenth-century Delhi -- Margrit Pernau.
This volume seeks to revise the Saidian analytical framework which dominated research on the subject of colonial knowledge for almost two decades, which emphasized colonial knowledge as a series of representations of colonial hegemony. It seeks to contribute to research in the field by analyzing knowledge in colonial India as a dynamic process.
Social history.
Asia—History.
Great Britain—History.
Education—History.
Civilization—History.
Imperialism.
Social History.
Asian History.
History of Britain and Ireland.
History of Education.
Cultural History.
Imperialism and Colonialism.