Is India Civilized ?
Debate between Imperialist and Nationalist Historians

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  • Vijay Kumar Jaiswal  Research Scholar, Department of Ancient History, Culture and Archaeology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

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Abstract

The imperialist/colonial view was permeated by the desire for domination and justification of the colonial rule. Therefore, in most such historical works there was criticism of Indian society and culture. On the other hand, there was praise for western culture and values. In imperialist accounts, India was depicted as a stagnant society, as a backward civilisation and as culturally inferior while Britain was praised as a dynamic country possessing superior civilisation and advanced in science and technology.

References

  1. India and the Future (1918), by William Archer, New York, Alfred A. Knopf.
  2. Is India Civilized? Essays on Indian Culture (1922), by Sir John Woodroffe, Cornell University Library.
  3. The Foundations of Indian Culture (1953), Sri Aurobindo, Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry.
  4. Historical Thinking in South Asia (2003), Edited by Michael Gottlob, Oxford University Press.

International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology

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2018-04-30

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Volume 4, Issue 5, March-April-2018

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Vijay Kumar Jaiswal, " Is India Civilized ?
Debate between Imperialist and Nationalist Historians , International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 4, Issue 5, pp.498-501, March-April-2018.