The ‘culture’ of science and colonial culture, India 1820–1920
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8395107 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deepak Kumar (0000-0003-0234-3165, National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 195-209 |
| Publication date | 1996-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal for the History of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0874 • E-ISSN: 1474-001X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0007087400034221 |
| PMID | 11613295 |
| OpenAlex | W2117666020 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 13 |
The culture of science is deeply influenced and conditioned by the socio-political realities of both time and locale. Pre-colonial India, for example, was no tabula rasa . It had a vigorous tradition in at least the realms of mathematics, astronomy and medicine. But gradual colonization made a big dent. It brought forth a massive cultural collision which influenced profoundly the cognitive and material existence of both the colonizer and the colonized
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Colonialism · Ethnology · Locale (computer software · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · African cultural and philosophical studies · Anthropology · History · History of Science and Medicine · Indian History and Philosophy · Law
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,19 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2023 (25) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |