Texts of power: emerging disciplines in colonial bengal
Auteur :
Chatterjee, Partha
Éditeur :
University of Minnesota Press
ISBN :
9780816626878
Date de publication :
7 nov. 1995
Dimensions :
22,9 x 14,9 x 1,3 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Bengal was the first "modern" province in India - the first, that is, to undergo a forced encounter with Western modernity. From this point of view, the writers in this book consider what the case of Bengal says about the workings of Western modernity in a colonial setting.