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. Psychology Press. ISBN 9780415178556. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  2. Kumar, Krishna (2001). "Colonial Modernity". Economic and Political Weekly. 36 (37): 3525. ISSN 0012-9976. JSTOR 4411113.
  3. Das, Shomie (28 May 1999). "School Apart". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 14 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  4. Pandurang, Mala (2001). "Educating the Sons of the Nation". legacy.chass.ncsu.edu. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  5. Thapan, Meenakshi (1 October 2003). Contributions to Indian Sociology. 37 (3): 543–545. doi:10.1177/006996670303700316. ISSN 0069-9667. S2CID 143635021.{{cite journal}}: 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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