Author: Meera Nanda
Publisher: Three Essays
Year: 2002/2007
Language: English
Pages: 183
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8188394092
Description
This book of three celebrated and controversial essays connects religious fundamentalism with fascism and examines the link between Hindutva and reactionary modernism.
She examines the link between Hindutva and reactionary modernism, argues for linking rationalism and science for the cause of social justice and provides a detailed critique of anti-retionalist and anti-secularist currents dominant in several academic and research circles in India. This little book is a timely reminder to all those who believe in the necessity of intellectual and moral intervention in the present affairs of society and culture.
Contents
Introduction
Dharma and the Bomb:
Postmodern Critiques of Science and
the Rise of Reactionary Modernism in India
A Broken People Defend science:
Dewey Meets the Buddha of India’s Dalits
Breaking the Spell of Dharma:
A Case fir Indian Enlightenment