Science and Society in Modern India

by Deepak Kumar

The book delineates the role and place of the Western scientific discourse which occupied an important place in the colonization of India. During the colonial period, science became one of the foundations of Indian modernity and the nation-state. Gradually, the educated Indians sought to locate modern scientific ideas and principles within Indian culture and adopted those for the economic regeneration of the country. The discursive terrain of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009350641
• ISBN13: 9781009350648
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.0"