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A study of the intimate relationship between science, colonialism, and the modern nation. It explores the complexities, contradictions, and profound importance of this relationship in the history of the subcontinent. It reveals how science served simultaneously as an instrument of empire and as a symbol of liberty, progress, and universal reason.

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"Prakash offers a fascinating analysis... The meticulous research and the compelling narrative make this a highly recommended book."--Choice "Another Reason is an intelligent, sophisticated and lucid work of scholarship, which fills a major gap in the historiography of India."--Zaheer Baber, Times Literary Supplement

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix CHAPTER ONE The Sign of Science 3 PART ONE SCIENCE AND THE RELOCATION OF CULTURE CHAPTER TWO Staging Science 17 CHAPTER THREE Translation and Power 49 CHAPTER FOUR The Image of the Archaic 86 PART TWO SCIENCE, GOVERNMENTALITY, AND THE STATE CHAPTER FIVE Body and Governmentality 123 CHAPTER SIX Technologies of Government 159 CHAPTER SEVEN A Different Modernity 201 CHAPTER EIGHT Divided Love 227 Notes 239 Bibliography 277 Index 295

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 29/08/1999
      ISBN13: 9780691004532, 978-0691004532
      ISBN10: 0691004536

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A study of the intimate relationship between science, colonialism, and the modern nation. It explores the complexities, contradictions, and profound importance of this relationship in the history of the subcontinent. It reveals how science served simultaneously as an instrument of empire and as a symbol of liberty, progress, and universal reason.

      Trade Review
      "Prakash offers a fascinating analysis... The meticulous research and the compelling narrative make this a highly recommended book."--Choice "Another Reason is an intelligent, sophisticated and lucid work of scholarship, which fills a major gap in the historiography of India."--Zaheer Baber, Times Literary Supplement

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments ix CHAPTER ONE The Sign of Science 3 PART ONE SCIENCE AND THE RELOCATION OF CULTURE CHAPTER TWO Staging Science 17 CHAPTER THREE Translation and Power 49 CHAPTER FOUR The Image of the Archaic 86 PART TWO SCIENCE, GOVERNMENTALITY, AND THE STATE CHAPTER FIVE Body and Governmentality 123 CHAPTER SIX Technologies of Government 159 CHAPTER SEVEN A Different Modernity 201 CHAPTER EIGHT Divided Love 227 Notes 239 Bibliography 277 Index 295

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