Decolonization and Development

Download or read book Decolonization and Development written by Makarand Paranjape and published by SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited. This book was released on 1993-12-10 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "That such a book should have been attempted at all is remarkable." --Lokayan Bulletin Interweaving the concepts of decolonization and development with those of svaraj and savodaya, this book breaks new ground in defining and understanding contemporary Indian reality. Written as an extended dialogue between student and teacher, this volume creates a space for a neo-Gandhian perspective perspective in current debates on decolonization and development. This dialogic form not only looks back to Gandhi's exchange between editor and reader in Hind Swaraj, but also challenges the obscurity and opacity of elite discourses which dominate our thinking today. The content of the dialogues, similarly, interrogates the powerful and pervasive presence of Western ideas and modernity in our lives.