title: Nehruvian science and postcolonial India.
abstract: This essay uses the seminal figure of Jawaharlal Nehru to interrogate the nature and representation of science in modern India. The problem posed by Nehruvian science--the conflict between (yet simultaneity of) science as both universal phenomenon and local effect--lies at the heart of current debates about what science means for the non-West. The problematic of Nehruvian science can be accessed through Nehru's own speeches and writings, but also through the wider project of science with which he identified--critiquing colonialism, forging India's place in the modern world, marrying intellectual endeavor with practical nation building. The essay makes a case for looking at Nehruvian science as a way of structuring the problem of postcolonial science, particularly in relation to understanding the authority of science and its evaluation in terms of its capacity to deliver socioeconomic change.
authors: Department of History, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom. d.arnold@warwick.ac.uk
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Arnold
mesh_terms: D018595:Colonialism; D003469:Culture; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007391:International Cooperation; D010684:Philosophy; D012586:Science / Q000266:history*