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- catalog abstract ""Verrier Elwin (1902-1964) was unquestionably the most colorful and influential non-official Englishman to live and work in twentieth-century India. A prolific writer, Elwin's ethnographic studies and popular works on India's tribal customs, art, myth and folklore continue to generate controversy." "Described by his contemporaries as a cross between Albert Schweitzer and Paul Gauguin, Elwin was a man of contradictions, at times taking on the role of evangelist, social worker, political activist, poet, government worker, and more. Intensely political, the Oxford-trained scholar tirelessly defended the rights of the indigenous and despite the deep religious influences of St. Francis and Mahatma Gandhi on his early career, staunchly opposed Hindu and Christian puritans in the debate over the future of India's tribals." "Savaging the Civilized is both biography and history, an exploration through Elwin's life of some of the great debates of the twentieth century, the future of development, cultural assimilation versus cultural difference, the political practice of postcolonial as opposed to colonial governments, and the moral practice of writers and intellectuals."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11105162.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""Verrier Elwin (1902-1964) was unquestionably the most colorful and influential non-official Englishman to live and work in twentieth-century India. A prolific writer, Elwin's ethnographic studies and popular works on India's tribal customs, art, myth and folklore continue to generate controversy." "Described by his contemporaries as a cross between Albert Schweitzer and Paul Gauguin, Elwin was a man of contradictions, at times taking on the role of evangelist, social worker, political activist, poet, government worker, and more. Intensely political, the Oxford-trained scholar tirelessly defended the rights of the indigenous and despite the deep religious influences of St. Francis and Mahatma Gandhi on his early career, staunchly opposed Hindu and Christian puritans in the debate over the future of India's tribals." "Savaging the Civilized is both biography and history, an exploration through Elwin's life of some of the great debates of the twentieth century, the future of development, cultural assimilation versus cultural difference, the political practice of postcolonial as opposed to colonial governments, and the moral practice of writers and intellectuals."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "I. Evangelical Ghetto -- II. Oxford Rebellion -- III. Between Christ and the Congress -- IV. Breaking Ranks -- V. An Ashram of One's Own -- VI. Defending the Aboriginal -- VII. Going Gond -- VIII. Anthropologist at Large -- IX. Staying On -- X. An Englishman in India -- XI. A Sahib (Sometimes) in the Secretariat -- XII. Nehru's Missionary -- XIII. An Englishman for India -- XIV. Outsider Within: The Worlds of Verrier Elwin.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-385) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 398 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0226310477 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0226310485 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chicago : University of Chicago Press,".
- catalog spatial "India".
- catalog subject "301/.092 B 21".
- catalog subject "301/.092a b 21".
- catalog subject "Anthropologists India Biography.".
- catalog subject "Baiga (Indic people) Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "Elwin, Verrier, 1902-1964.".
- catalog subject "GN21.E48 G84 1999".
- catalog subject "Gond (Indic people) Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "Poets, English India Biography.".
- catalog subject "Poets, Indic 20th century Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "I. Evangelical Ghetto -- II. Oxford Rebellion -- III. Between Christ and the Congress -- IV. Breaking Ranks -- V. An Ashram of One's Own -- VI. Defending the Aboriginal -- VII. Going Gond -- VIII. Anthropologist at Large -- IX. Staying On -- X. An Englishman in India -- XI. A Sahib (Sometimes) in the Secretariat -- XII. Nehru's Missionary -- XIII. An Englishman for India -- XIV. Outsider Within: The Worlds of Verrier Elwin.".
- catalog title "Savaging the civilized : Verrier Elwin, his tribals, and India / Ramachandra Guha.".
- catalog type "text".