Parachemistries
Colonial chemopolitics in a zone of contest
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4392374 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Projit Bihari Mukharji (0009-0001-6653-8634, University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 362-382 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0073-2753 • E-ISSN: 1753-8564 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0073275316681803 |
| PMID | 28027705 |
| OpenAlex | W2558779116 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
The globalization of modern chemistry through European colonialism resulted, by the end of the nineteenth century, in the emergence of a number of parachemical knowledges. Parachemistries were bodies of non-European knowledge which came to be related to modern chemistry within particular historical milieux. Their relationship with modern chemistry was not necessarily epistemic and structural, but historical and performative. Actual historically located intellectuals posited their relationship. Such relationships were not merely abstract intellectual exercises; at a time when the practical uses of modern chemistry in statecraft were growing, the existence of these rival, competing parachemical knowledges challenged modern chemistry's regulatory deployments. Colonial locations emerged then not as mere 'contact zones', but as 'zones of conflict' where colonial chemopolitics was interrupted by the continued legitimacy and practice of parachemistries such as rasayana, kimiya, and neidan
Archaeology · Colonialism · CONTEST · Epistemology · Globalization · Legitimacy · Performative utterance · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Chemistry and Chemical Engineering · Historical Medical Research and Treatments · History · History and advancements in chemistry · Law · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |