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- catalog abstract "A discussion of how the large, amorphous and impersonal Indian state has affected the everyday lives of its citizens since Independence in 1947. It focuses on how the multiple nature of psychological identity in the sub-continent - personal, spiritual, sexual and political - was affected by the imposition of a stridently secular ethos by the country's political, educational and cultural elites. This, argues Ashis Nandy, explains much of the dislocation evident in contemporary Indian society, a by-product of which has been a renewed search for certainty manifested in the appeal of Hindu and Islamic "fundamentalisms". Further dislocation is being wrought by the harsh introduction of India to the global economy, with its concomitant creation of new ideals of prosperity and social and personal "development" which are often at variance with traditional precepts. Such dislocation has also precipitated a crisis in how Indians view their past and their present (the "Time Warps" of the book's title), the more so in a society where unhistoricised pasts - myths, legends, epics and unofficial memories - predominate and where clues to the future lie scattered in diverse pasts created by human ingenuity. India retains its knowledge that refuses to die - comprising non-conventional systems of healing, non-formal modes of education, deviant theories of ethnic or communal violence and amity, and so on. Many who live with these alternatives are in constant dialogue with their pasts, not defensively, but as a way of accessing their own tacit knowledge. This volume is a plea for the retention of indigenous systems of knowledge and experience in the face of the juggernaut of globalization and its drive for cultural and economic homogeneity.".
- catalog alternative "Silent and evasive pasts in Indian politics and religion".
- catalog contributor b12595762.
- catalog coverage "India Civilization.".
- catalog coverage "India History.".
- catalog coverage "India Politics and government.".
- catalog coverage "India Religion.".
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description "A discussion of how the large, amorphous and impersonal Indian state has affected the everyday lives of its citizens since Independence in 1947. It focuses on how the multiple nature of psychological identity in the sub-continent - personal, spiritual, sexual and political - was affected by the imposition of a stridently secular ethos by the country's political, educational and cultural elites. This, argues Ashis Nandy, explains much of the dislocation evident in contemporary Indian society, a by-product of which has been a renewed search for certainty manifested in the appeal of Hindu and Islamic "fundamentalisms". Further dislocation is being wrought by the harsh introduction of India to the global economy, with its concomitant creation of new ideals of prosperity and social and personal "development" which are often at variance with traditional precepts. Such dislocation has also precipitated a crisis in how Indians view their past and their present (the "Time Warps" of the book's title), the more so in a society where unhistoricised pasts - myths, legends, epics and unofficial memories - predominate and where clues to the future lie scattered in diverse pasts created by human ingenuity. India retains its knowledge that refuses to die - comprising non-conventional systems of healing, non-formal modes of education, deviant theories of ethnic or communal violence and amity, and so on. Many who live with these alternatives are in constant dialogue with their pasts, not defensively, but as a way of accessing their own tacit knowledge. This volume is a plea for the retention of indigenous systems of knowledge and experience in the face of the juggernaut of globalization and its drive for cultural and economic homogeneity.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and indexes.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- Contending stories in the culture of Indian politics -- traditions and the future of democracy; democratic culture and images of the state -- The politics of secularism and the recovery of religious tolerance -- Coping with the politics of faiths and cultures -- A report on the present state of health of the gods and goddesses in South Asia -- Time travel to a possible self -- searching for an alternative cosmopolitanism -- Violence and creativity in the late-20th century.".
- catalog extent "244 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "1850654794 (CASED)".
- catalog identifier "1850654840".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Hurst,".
- catalog spatial "India Civilization.".
- catalog spatial "India History.".
- catalog spatial "India Politics and government.".
- catalog spatial "India Religion.".
- catalog spatial "India.".
- catalog subject "954 21".
- catalog subject "BL2015.P57 N35 2002".
- catalog subject "Religion and politics India.".
- catalog subject "Secularism India.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- Contending stories in the culture of Indian politics -- traditions and the future of democracy; democratic culture and images of the state -- The politics of secularism and the recovery of religious tolerance -- Coping with the politics of faiths and cultures -- A report on the present state of health of the gods and goddesses in South Asia -- Time travel to a possible self -- searching for an alternative cosmopolitanism -- Violence and creativity in the late-20th century.".
- catalog title "Silent and evasive pasts in Indian politics and religion".
- catalog title "Time warps : silent and evasive pasts in Indian politics and religion / Ashis Nandy.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".