Idioms Of Improvement: vidyasagar and cultural encounter in Bengal (Record no. 344651)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9789390430062
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 306.6095414
Item number HAT
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Personal name Hatcher, Brian A.
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Title Idioms Of Improvement: vidyasagar and cultural encounter in Bengal
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New Delhi
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Primus Books
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2020
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 312 p.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Two hundred years after his birth, kvarcandra Vidyasagar remains a<br/>compelling figure in the history of modern Indian social change. The most widely<br/>acclaimed reformer of the nineteenth century after Rammohun Roy, Vidyasagar<br/>is renowned as both a Sanskrit pandit and an innovative modern thinker, Revered<br/>and reviled for his role in promoting the marriage of Hindu widows, he was also<br/>responsible for establishing new patterns in education, literature, and publishing.<br/>His response to the challenges and opportunities of colonial modernity has<br/>inspired poets and vexed interpreters; he remains the focal point for pressing<br/>discussions on power, privilege, and cultural hegemony. Idioms of Improvement<br/>seeks to fathom this ocean of learning (vidyā-sāgar) by focusing on the<br/>convergence of Sanskritic and European cultural norms within Vidyāsāgar's<br/>distinctive Bengali worldview. <br/>Unlike other colonial reformers, Vidyāsāgar held religious discourse and theology at arm's length. While this fact has charmed<br/>his secularist admirers and infuriated the keepers of Hindu orthodoxy, neither camp has been able to provide a convincing,<br/>integrated account of his worldview in this regard. Idioms of Improvement offers suchan account, making the case for a religious<br/>dimension to Vidyāsāgar's worldview that can explain both his impatience with orthodoxy and his respect for dharma. As<br/>one compelling species of liberal Hindu modernity, this worldview deserves careful explication and on-going critical reflection.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Bidyāsāgara, Īśvaracandra, 1820-1891
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Culture
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  Not Missing Not Damaged   Gandhi Smriti Library Gandhi Smriti Library 2021-07-05 1395.00   306.6095414 HAT 163185 2021-07-05 2021-07-05 Books

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