Prophets Facing Backward
Subtitle: Postmodern Critiques of Science and Hindu Nationalism in India
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: January 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780813533575
Subjects: Asian studies; Cultural studies; Hinduism; Occultism & quasi-religious beliefs; Philosophy of science; Science/Mathematics; Nationalism; History; History - General History; Science; India; Philosophy; Asia - India; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Political Ideologies - Nationalism; Asia - India & South Asia; 20th century
First sentence: In the crash of the falling World Trade Center towers in New York City on September 11, 2001, one could hear, loud and clear, the intimation of an old specter rising: fascism.