South Asian Modernity and Global Modernism
Credit: Village Music, 1926-27 by Abanindranath Tagore is Public Domain
Resource Description
South Asian Modernity and Global Modernism is designed to serve as a learning module to address how South Asians may have understood the concept of modernity during and after the British raj. This is indeed a very broad topic, and the module readings address it in a selective manner, starting with a brief history of the word “modern” in European discourse of the eighteenth century and then addressing writings of selected South Asian thinkers as they adapted many of the characteristics of modernity in their own writings.
The contents of this module can be taught in a week of class time.
License
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
