Are these isolated instances of ignorance or links in an institutionalized pattern of bias driven by certain civilizational worldviews? Are these academic pronouncements based on evidence, and how carefully is this evidence cross-examined? How do these images of India and Indians created in the American Academy influence public perceptions through the media, the education system, policymakers and popular culture?
The book hopes to provoke serious debate. For example: How do Hinduphobic works resemble earlier American literature depicting non-whites as dangerous savages needing to be civilized by the West? How do power imbalances and systemic biases affect the objectivity and quality of scholarship? India Hinduism Philosophy Religion More details. Krishnan Ramaswamy 1 book 2 followers. Krishnan Ramaswamy , Ph. His areas of research include clinical outcomes trials in major mental and neurological illnesses.
He is active in rural education projects in India, particularly among disadvantaged children. He works with the Infinity Foundation and is a student of the Vedas, Vedanta, Sanskrit and Panini, and has had a lifelong interest in bhakti poetry from various regions of India, particularly Maharashtra. Search review text. Imagine you are a professor at a reputed university and you published a book that the university and others may select as a text book for graduate or masters student.
Now imagine someone raises an objection to the content of your work. What would you do? More importantly, what does it say about your work that you have to resort to free speech and not intellectual merits to defend it from criticism? But apparently, studying Indian history, particularly Hinduism is subject to different academic standards in the western universities. The University of Chicago seems to be the most notorious.
This book explains the reasons and the motives behind that. Yes, we are talking about Wendy Doniger and her books. Apparently she is at the head of a whole bunch of crackpot academics who buy credibility by their connections and ability to influence the debate rather than merit.
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His areas of specialization are Tamil literature, historiography and the impact of Abrahamic religions on Indian civilization. He resides with his wife and children in the Bay Area in California. Krishnan Ramaswamy , Ph. His areas of research include clinical outcomes trials in major mental and neurological illnesses. He is active in rural education projects in India, particularly among disadvantaged children.
He works with the Infinity Foundation and is a student of the Vedas, Vedanta, Sanskrit and Panini, and has had a lifelong interest in bhakti poetry from various regions of India, particularly Maharashtra. He resides with his wife and children in Minnesota, where he works for a leading biomedical device company. He is an ardent student of religion, archaeology and the history of ancient India and has numerous contributions to his credit in peer-reviewed publications.
He is currently engaged in creating electronic versions of important Hindu scriptures. Ramesh N.
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