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Genre/Form: | History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Renold, Leah. Hindu education. New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 (OCoLC)608488648 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Leah Renold |
ISBN: | 0195674839 9780195674835 |
OCLC Number: | 63117774 |
Description: | xvii, 237 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents: | 1. Raising the banner of Hinduism in colonial India -- 2. A leap in the dark : the chartering of Hindu and Muslim universities -- 3. On holy ground : the politics and myth of sacred geography -- 4. Gandhi's challenge to BHU : boycott of BHU and nationalist education -- 5. Taking the high seat : religious authority and the Karmayoga of education at BHU -- 6. In the temple of learning : the cultural and academic atmosphere of BHU -- 7. Tradition unseated : BHU students and the quest for identity. |
Responsibility: | Leah Renold. |
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Focusing on the history of Hindu education at Banaras Hindu University, a major university of British India between 1915 to 1947, this book explores the complex inter-relationships between religion, education, identity formation, and resistance patterns. It also shows how the university responded to these issues in the colonial situation.
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