Reconceptualizing India Studies

by S.N. Balagangadhara

This book asserts that postcolonial studies and modern India studies are in need of theoretical rejuvenation. Post Said's Orientalism, postcolonialism, as a discipline, has drifted into the realm of paralysing self-reflection and impenetrable jargon. This volume addresses the original concerns of postcolonial studies and the central problems of modern India studies, and points out a potential direction for the social-scientific study of the Indian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198082967
• ISBN13: 9780198082965
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.4"