Constructing Post-Colonial India Explained

Constructing Post-Colonial India: National Character and the Doon School
Country:India
Language:English
Pub Date:1998
Media Type:Print (Hardback and paperback)
Pages:272
Isbn:9780415178556

Constructing Post-Colonial India: National Character and the Doon School is a 1998 book by Indian sociologist Sanjay Srivastava that surveys post-colonial Indian identity with a focus on The Doon School, an elite all-boys boarding school founded in 1935 in Dehradun, India.[1] [2] [3] From 1989 through 1993, Srivastava conducted field research at the school, and he interviewed parents and teachers as well as the school's graduates.[4] The book's main argument is that to be post-colonial in India necessitates the espousal of values such as secularism, rationalism, and a modernity that is not Occidental-inspired, but is contextual to the country.[5] [6]

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  1. Book: Constructing Post-colonial India: National Character and the Doon School - Sanjay Srivastava, S. Srivastava - Google Books . 9780415178556 . 2020-05-13. Srivastava . Sanjay . Srivastava . S. . 1998 . Psychology Press .
  2. Kumar. Krishna. 2001. Colonial Modernity. Economic and Political Weekly. 36. 37. 3525. 4411113. 0012-9976.
  3. Web site: School Apart. Das. Shomie. 1999-05-28. The Telegraph. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200514204726/https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/school-apart-book-review/cid/924060 . 2020-05-14 . 2020-05-13.
  4. Web site: Educating the Sons of the Nation. Pandurang. Mala. 2001. legacy.chass.ncsu.edu. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200717103835/https://legacy.chass.ncsu.edu/jouvert/v5i2/pandu.htm . 2020-07-17 . 2020-05-13.
  5. Thapan. Meenakshi. 2003-10-01. none. Contributions to Indian Sociology. en. 37. 3. 543–545. 10.1177/006996670303700316. 143635021. 0069-9667.
  6. Coelho. Karen. 2001. Constructing Post-Colonial India: National Character and the Doon School. Transforming Anthropology. en. 10. 2. 48–50. 10.1525/tran.2001.10.2.48. 1548-7466.

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