Science and Society in Modern India

"The book delineates the role and place of the Western scientific discourse that 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 history of science, especially in the context of a society with a very long and complex past, is bound to be replete with numerous debates on its nature and evolution, its changing contours, its complex civilizational journey, and, finally, the enormous impact it has on our own life and time. The book offers a useful introduction to science, society, and government interface in the Indian context"--

List of contents

Dedication; Preface; 1. The Inheritance; 2. The Age of Exploration and Consolidation; 3. Lost in Religion and Translation; 4. A New Dawn; 5. Medical Knowledge and Public Health; 6. Science for Development; 7. Bibliographical Note; Index.

About the author

Deepak Kumar is Honorary Professor, Department of History, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad. He has lectured at numerous universities within India and abroad, has held visiting fellowships at the universities of Cambridge, London, Leiden, The Smithsonian Institution, etc. and has also taught at Wisconsin University, Madison, USA, and York University in Toronto, Canada. He has recently published Aatam Khabar: Sanskriti, Samaj aur Hum (Aakar Books, 2022) and 'Culture' of Science and the Making of India (Primus, 2022). For more than four decades, he has tried to popularize History of Science, Technology, Environment and Medicine (HISTEM). He has also authored Science and the Raj, 2nd edition (Oxford University Press, 2006) and The Trishanku Nation: Memory, Self and Society in Contemporary India (Oxford University Press, 2016).

Product details

• Authors: Deepak Kumar, Deepak (Jawaharlal Nehru University) Kumar, Deepak (Maulana Azad National Urdu Universi Kumar, Deepak (Maulana Azad National Urdu University Kumar
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.08.2023
• EAN: 9781009350655
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0935065-5
• No. of pages: 220
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, SCIENCE / History, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, India, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Colonialism & imperialism, History of Science, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, For higher / tertiary / university education, HISTORY / Asia / South / India