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- catalog abstract ""The English-speaking world rediscovered Antonio Gramsci's writings on hegemony in the 1970s. Since then his ideas on the nature of state power and popular compliance have formed part of a growing literature. There have, however, been few attempts to explore the extent to which these ideas can be usefully applied to colonial societies." "Despite imperial wars of conquest and colonial resistance, recent research suggests that in Africa and India under the British empire, direct violence (that is, violence of the state applied through soldiers and policemen) was the exception rather than the rule. In general, these agents of coercion were too few and far between to do more than administer exemplary violence from time to time. Even in the most violent circumstances direct coercion was accompanied by practices which had the dual effect of transforming colonial people's perceptions and, in the name of civilization and reason, day-to-day life as it was reproduced under colonial rule. The studies in this book are therefore concerned to explore the ambiguous interplay of coercion and the creation of consent in three specific areas: medicine, education and the law." "The contributors are distinguished scholars from Europe, the USA and India, who have written extensively on the social history of India and Africa. Through their essays they illustrate the strengths and limitations of applying the idea of hegemony to the colonial state and its subjects."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b6057332.
- catalog contributor b6057333.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Colonies Africa History.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Colonies India History.".
- catalog created "1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
- catalog description ""The English-speaking world rediscovered Antonio Gramsci's writings on hegemony in the 1970s. Since then his ideas on the nature of state power and popular compliance have formed part of a growing literature. There have, however, been few attempts to explore the extent to which these ideas can be usefully applied to colonial societies." "Despite imperial wars of conquest and colonial resistance, recent research suggests that in Africa and India under the British empire, direct violence (that is, violence of the state applied through soldiers and policemen) was the exception rather than the rule. In general, these agents of coercion were too few and far between to do more than administer exemplary violence from time to time. Even in the most violent circumstances direct coercion was accompanied by practices which had the dual effect of transforming colonial people's perceptions and, in the name of civilization and reason, day-to-day life as it was reproduced under colonial rule. The studies in this book are therefore concerned to explore the ambiguous interplay of coercion and the creation of consent in three specific areas: medicine, education and the law." "The contributors are distinguished scholars from Europe, the USA and India, who have written extensively on the social history of India and Africa. Through their essays they illustrate the strengths and limitations of applying the idea of hegemony to the colonial state and its subjects."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog extent "viii, 349 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "1850437335".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : I.B. Tauris,".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Colonies Africa History.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Colonies India History.".
- catalog subject "DT32.5 .C65 1994".
- catalog title "Contesting colonial hegemony : state and society in Africa and India / edited by Dagmar Engels and Shula Marks.".
- catalog type "text".