{"product_id":"imagining-india-paperback","title":"Imagining India - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRonald Inden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An important book, a major work, that must be read and absorbed by those involved in scholarship, or any critical enterprise.\" --The Independent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow does the Western world represent India? To what extent is knowledge of the people and institutions of the Indian sub-continent based on the West's own desires for world hegemony, and fantasies about its rationality? In this controversial and widely-praised book, Inden argues that the West's major depictions of India as the civilization of caste, villages, spiritualism, and divine kings--and as a land dominated by imagination rather than reason--have had the effect of depriving Indians of their capacity to rule their world, which has consequently been appropriated by those in the West who wish to dominate it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1990, Imagining India is required reading in many university courses. This edition contains a new introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRonald Inden is Professor of South Asian History at the University of Chicago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 9.01 x 6.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 22, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42709643460671,"sku":"9780253213587","price":51.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/33af2d1c5d18e71254f8f83fb7208fcd.webp?v=1765052173","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/imagining-india-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}