An Agenda for Cultural Action and Other Essays

Author: K N Panikkar
Publisher: Three Essays
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 194
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8188394130

Description

The author focuses on the alliance between the neo-liberal economic policies and Hindu fundamentalism in India, its implication for civil society, and the destruction of the educational system through privatization and rabid communalization.

He also discusses the historical context of the Hindu right wing cultural project and outlines the agenda for struggle against the corrosive influence of this homegrown fascism.

Contents

INTRODUCTION

Colonialism, Culture and Revivalism

Hindu Revivalism, a Political and Cultural Project

History and Cultural Heritage

Globalisation, Culture and Communalism

Outsider as Enemy

Whither Indian Education?

Left Cultural Interve