{"product_id":"idioms-of-improvement-vidyasagar-and-cultural-encounter-in-bengal","title":"Idioms of Improvement - Vidyasagar and Cultural Encounter in Bengal","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Brian A Hatcher\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2000\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 308\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0195652290\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book situates the worldview of Isvarcandra Vidyasagar, a Brahmin scholar, prominent social and educational reformer of India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nThis book begins by tracing Vidyasagar's origins in rural Bengal, the dynamics of education in colonial Calcutta, and his work in promoting and improving vernacular education. The second part of the book analyses Vidyasagar's school-book pedagogy in terms of the convergence of European Bourgeois morality and sanskritic norms of worldly improvement. Finally, the socio-religious dimensions of his worldview are explored, with special attention to his relationship to the reformist work of Brahmo Samaj.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nEXCERPTS FROM REVIEW:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nFluid and often graceful, dense with information, opinion, erudition, interesting takes on Indian cultural concepts, and unusual interpretations of 1th century Bengali history.\r\n                                           - David L Curley, Journal of Asian Studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaps, Plates, and Tables\u003cbr\u003e\r\nAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003e\r\nPreface\u003cbr\u003e\r\nSketch of the Life of Vidyasagar\u003cbr\u003e\r\nNote on Translation and Transliteration\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nPART ONE - A WORLD OF IMPROVEMENT\u003cbr\u003e\r\nOrigin of Brahman Pandit Ideal\u003cbr\u003e\r\nOrientalism and Sanskrit College\u003cbr\u003e\r\nIsvarcandra's Schooldays\u003cbr\u003e\r\nVidyasagar as Improving Vernacularist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nPART TWO - MAKE AN EFFORT!\u003cbr\u003e\r\nBourgeois Pedagogy and Nitisastra\u003cbr\u003e\r\nVernacularization in Early Bengali School Books\u003cbr\u003e\r\nVidyasagar's Moral Pedagogy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nPART THREE - LET RELIGION GO, BUT DHARMA REMAIN\u003cbr\u003e\r\nA Householder's Religion\u003cbr\u003e\r\nThe Tattvabodhini Sabha\u003cbr\u003e\r\nVidyasagar's Dharma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\nConclusion - A Vernacular World-view\u003cbr\u003e\r\nBibliography\u003cbr\u003e\r\nIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Brian A Hatcher \/ Oxford University Press \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153740198256,"sku":"6701","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/6699.jpg?v=1793913443","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/idioms-of-improvement-vidyasagar-and-cultural-encounter-in-bengal","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}