"An important book, a major work, that must be read and absorbed by those involved in scholarship, or any critical enterprise." --The Independent
How does the Western world represent India? To what extent is knowledge of the people and institutions of the Indian sub-continent...
How does the Western world represent India? To what extent is knowledge of the people and institutions of the Indian subcontinent based on the West's own desires for world hegemony and fantasies about its rationality? In this controversial and widely praised book, Ronald Inden...