Constructing Post-Colonial India

Constructing Post-Colonial India: National Character and the Doon School is a 1998 book by Indian sociologist Sanjay Srivastava that surveys post-colonial Indian identity with a focus on The Doon School, an elite all-boys boarding school founded in 1935 in Dehradun, India.[1][2][3] From 1989 through 1993, Srivastava conducted field research at the school, and he interviewed parents and teachers as well as the school's graduates.[4] The book's main argument is that to be post-colonial in India necessitates the espousal of values such as secularism, rationalism, and a modernity that is not Occidental-inspired, but is contextual to the country.[5][6]

Constructing Post-Colonial India: National Character and the Doon School
AuthorSanjay Srivastava
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish
SubjectSociology
PublisherRoutledge
Publication date
1998
Media typePrint (Hardback and paperback)
Pages272
ISBN9780415178556

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References
  1. Srivastava, Sanjay; Srivastava, S. (1998). Constructing Post-colonial India: National Character and the Doon School - Sanjay Srivastava, S. Srivastava - Google Books. ISBN 9780415178556. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  2. Kumar, Krishna (2001). "Colonial Modernity". Economic and Political Weekly. 36 (37): 3525. ISSN 0012-9976. JSTOR 4411113.
  3. Das, Shomie (1999-05-28). "School Apart". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  4. Pandurang, Mala (2001). "Educating the Sons of the Nation". legacy.chass.ncsu.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  5. Thapan, Meenakshi (2003-10-01). Contributions to Indian Sociology. 37 (3): 543–545. doi:10.1177/006996670303700316. ISSN 0069-9667. S2CID 143635021.CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  6. Coelho, Karen (2001). "Constructing Post-Colonial India: National Character and the Doon School". Transforming Anthropology. 10 (2): 48–50. doi:10.1525/tran.2001.10.2.48. ISSN 1548-7466.
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