Colonial, Hindu and Nationalist Anthropology in India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9283906 |
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| Authors | Abhijit Guha (0000-0002-9605-2993, Indian Council of Social Science Research, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 154-168 |
| Publication date | 2019-06-21 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Bulletin (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0229 • E-ISSN: 2457-0257 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0038022919848193 |
| OpenAlex | W2949928407 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The long-standing critique of Indian Anthropology advanced by some notable anthropologists held that Indian Anthropology is the product of a colonial tradition and the anthropologists in India for various reasons followed their colonial masters in one way or the other. There also exists a view of Hindu Anthropology which holds that an Indian form of Anthropology could be found in many ancient Indian texts and scriptures before the advent of a colonial anthropology introduced by the European scholars, administrators and missionaries in the Indian subcontinent. Both the views ignored the materialistic, socially committed, secular and nationalist trends of Indian Anthropology which was growing in the hands of some remarkable anthropologists before and after the Independence of the country
Applied anthropology · Archaeology · Colonialism · Cultural anthropology · Ethnology · Hindu nationalism · Hinduism · Independence (probability theory · Indian subcontinent · Materialism · Medical anthropology · Nationalism · Political science · Politics · Social anthropology · Sociocultural anthropology · Sociology · Theology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · History · Philosophy · Religious studies · Religious Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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