Decolonising Indian Anthropology : A Civilisational Approach to the Inter-Relationship Among People of the Forests, Hills and Plains
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
936080195X
ISBN-13
9789360801953
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Manohar Publishers and Distributors
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Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 30th, 2025
Print length
250 Pages
Weight
700 grams
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Asian historyColonialism & imperialismAnthropologyAsian historyColonialism and imperialism
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The book critically examines the historical distortions surrounding India's tribal communities as portrayed by Western anthropologists, re- vealing how these misrepresentations were deeply rooted in a colonial mindset that categorized these groups as the 'other'.
The authors emphasize that the term ''tribe'', as used by Western scholars, was a colonial imposition grounded in an evolutionary framework that deemed tribal societies ''primitive'' and ''less advanced''. Such a viewpoint fostered the artificial separation of forest-dwelling populations through policies that designated forests exclusively for these so- called tribals, ultimately creating significant developmental disparities between forest and plains communities. Over time, these disparities evolved into what is now recognized as an ''anthropological divide''.
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