{"product_id":"theory-and-praxis-reflections-on-the-colonization-of-knowledge-paperback","title":"Theory and Praxis: Reflections on the Colonization of Knowledge - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMurzban Jal\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJyoti Bawane\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book proposes a New Enlightenment - a new way of looking at the non-Western world. Breaking new ground, the essays chart a course beyond Eurocentric discourses (which completely ignore the contributions of Asia, Africa and Latin-America) and forms of nativism (which are usually ethnocentric discourses). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on the historical aspects of knowledge-production and its colonization; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the genre of multilinear histories that displaces hegemonic Eurocentric discourses; \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eEnlarges the scope of multilinear historicism whereby Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas are drawn in a new humanistic knowledge system;\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eStudies how colonization is resisted in both the non-Western and Western world.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucid and engaging, this book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of social theory, education, politics and public policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMurzban Jal\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor and Director at the Centre for Educational Studies, Indian Institute of Education, Pune, India. He was Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Shimla and Senior Fellow at the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi, India. He is the author of ten books including \u003ci\u003eThe Seductions of Karl Marx\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), \u003ci\u003eZoroastrianism: from Antiquity to the Modern Period\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), \u003ci\u003eThe New Militants\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), \u003ci\u003eWhy We Are Not Hindus\u003c\/i\u003e (2015), \u003ci\u003eWhat Ails Indian Muslims\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), \u003ci\u003eChallenges for the Indian Left\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), \u003ci\u003eIn the Name of Marx\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), \u003ci\u003eZarathushtra and the Inmates of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), \u003ci\u003eYusuf and Zuleika: On the Return of the Despot \u003c\/i\u003e(2019) and \u003ci\u003eThe Prison House of Alienation\u003c\/i\u003e (2019)\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has published extensively in various national and international journals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJyoti Bawane is Associate Professor at the Centre for Educational Studies, Indian Institute of Education, Pune, India. She has a doctorate in Education and has done her master's in education and psychology. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eAshram Schools: Teacher Context and Challenges \u003c\/i\u003e(2012) and has published extensively in the field of education. She is a Fulbright Scholar and an Erasmus Scholar. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51784932753696,"sku":"9781032175676","price":97.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4773314bf032015d577817f6ec9d9bfc.webp?v=1780609918","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/theory-and-praxis-reflections-on-the-colonization-of-knowledge-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}