How Long to Read Decolonizing Indian Studies

How Long Does it Take to Read Decolonizing Indian Studies?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 24 minutes to read Decolonizing Indian Studies by Arvind Sharma

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Description

The present Indian academic self-understanding of its history and culture is largely Western in origin. This Western intellectual enterprise, however, went hand in hand with a Western political enterprise, i.e. the colonization of India. This raises the question: To what extent, if any, did the two developments influence each other? It also raises another question: To what extent did West’s cultural presuppositions influence its understanding of Indian civilization? The central epistemological issue which these questions raise is the following: What significance does the fact that the self-understanding of a culture is mediated by that of another culture, over which it was culturally and politically dominant, possess for the votaries of the culture whose self-understanding has thus been mediated in this fashion? This question is not merely of historical but also of contemporary interest, for in an increasingly globalizing world, in which power is unevenly distributed at various levels, the self-understanding of all cultures is likely to be influenced by how they are being presented by other cultures. Furthermore, in such a world, shifting political alliances may generate new intellectual configurations, whose legitimacy may require constant examination. The essays in this book address these and similar issues.

How long is Decolonizing Indian Studies?

Decolonizing Indian Studies by Arvind Sharma is 257 pages long, and a total of 66,049 words.

This makes it 87% the length of the average book. It also has 81% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Decolonizing Indian Studies Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours to read Decolonizing Indian Studies aloud.

What Reading Level is Decolonizing Indian Studies?

Decolonizing Indian Studies is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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