Religion Science And Empire
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Author | : Peter Gottschalk |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0195393015 |
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Peter Gottschalk offers a compelling study of how, through the British implementation of scientific taxonomy in the subcontinent, Britons and Indians identified an inherent divide between mutually antagonistic religious communities. England's ascent to power coincided with the rise of empirical science as an authoritative way of knowing not only the natural world, but the human one as well. The British scientific passion for classification, combined with the Christian impulse to differentiate people according to religion, led to a designation of Indians as either Hindu or Muslim according to rigidly defined criteria that paralleled classification in botanical and zoological taxonomies. Through an historical and ethnographic study of the north Indian village of Chainpur, Gottschalk shows that the Britons' presumed categories did not necessarily reflect the Indians' concepts of their own identities, though many Indians came to embrace this scientism and gradually accepted the categories the British instituted through projects like the Census of India, the Archaeological Survey of India, and the India Museum. Today's propogators of Hindu-Muslim violence often cite scientistic formulations of difference that descend directly from the categories introduced by imperial Britain. Religion, Science, and Empire will be a valuable resource to anyone interested in the colonial and postcolonial history of religion in India.
Author | : Zaheer Baber |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 1996-05-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780791429204 |
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Investigates the complex social processes involved in the introduction and institutionalization of Western science in colonial India.
Author | : John William Draper |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 1874 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Victor J. Stenger |
Publisher | : Prometheus Books |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1616145994 |
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Looking at both historical and contemporary contexts, the author argues that religion has played a major role in suppressing scientific pursuit.
Author | : Mauricio Nieto |
Publisher | : Maritime Humanities |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2021-11 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9789463725316 |
Download Exploration, Religion and Empire in the Sixteenth-Century Ibero-Atlantic World Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The book offers convincing evidence to incorporate the Catholic world of early modernity into the history of modern science. The research is supported by the analysis of not widely studied primary sources such as the sixteenth century Iberian nautical manuals. Through the use of theoretical frameworks such as the Actor Network Theory, the book sheds light on the need to incorporate the role of heterogeneous human actors and artifacts (ships, navigation tools, sails, cannons), natural and geographical agents (ocean currents, winds, the sun, the moon and the stars), and divine entities (gods, daemons and saints) into the political history of early modernity.
Author | : John William Draper |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 1875 |
Genre | : Religion and science |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Andrew Dickson White |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 570 |
Release | : 1897 |
Genre | : Religion and science |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : John William Draper |
Publisher | : DigiCat |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2022-09-15 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science" by John William Draper. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author | : Daniel Heifetz |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2021-02-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1438481721 |
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The All World Gayatri Pariwar is a modern religious movement that enjoys wide popularity in North India, particularly among the many STEM workers who joined after becoming disillusioned with their lucrative but unfulfilling private-sector careers. Founded in the mid-twentieth century, the Gayatri Pariwar works to popularize practices inspired by ancient religious texts and breaks with convention by framing these practices as the foundation of a universal spirituality. The movement appeals to science in its advocacy of these practices, claiming that they have medical benefits that constitute proof that rational people around the world should find persuasive. Should these practices become sufficiently widespread, the belief is that humanity will enter a new satyug, or "golden age." In The Science of Satyug, Daniel Heifetz focuses on how religion and science are objects of intense emotion that help to constitute identities. Weaving engaging ethnographic anecdotes together with readings of Gayatri Pariwar literature, Heifetz interprets this material in light of classic and contemporary theory. The result is a significant contribution to current conversations about the globalized middle classes and the entanglement of religion and science that will appeal to anyone interested in understanding these aspects of life in modern India.
Author | : Daniel A. Stolz |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 331 |
Release | : 2018-01-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107196337 |
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This history of astronomy in Egypt reveals how modern science came to play an authoritative role in Islamic religious practice.