Temptations of the West how to be modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet and beyond
Traveling in the changing cultures of South Asia, Mishra sees the pressures—the temptations—of Western-style modernity and prosperity, and teases out the paradoxes of globalization. A visit to Allahabad, birthplace of Jawaharlal Nehru, occasions a brief history of the tumultuous post-independence po...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
2006.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Acceso en línea: | Acceso a las primeras páginas |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b17871888*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Benares : learning to read
- Allahabad : the Nehrus, the Gandhis, and democracy
- Ayodhya : the modernity of Hinduism
- Bollywood : India shining
- Kashmir : the cost of nationalism
- Pakistan : jihad globalized
- Afghanistan : communists, mullahs, and warlords
- Nepal : the "People's war"
- Tibet : a backward country.
