Science, Colonialism and the Production of Science and Modernity in India(<Special Issue>Colonial Science)

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In this paper, the role of scientific knowledge, institutions and colonialism in mutually co-producing each other is analyzed. Under the overarching rubric of colonial structures and imperatives, amateur scientists sought to deploy scientific expertise to expand the empire while at the same time seeking to take advantage of the opportunities to develop their careers as "scientists". The role of a complex interplay of structure and agency in the development of modern science, not just in India but in Britain too is analyzed. The role of science and technology in the incorporation of South Asian into the modern world system, as well as the consequences of the emergent structures in understanding the trajectory of modern science in post-colonial India is examined. Overall, colonial rule did not simply diffuse modern science from the core to the periphery. Rather the colonial encounter led to the development of new forms of scientific knowledge and institutions both in the periphery and the core.
日本科学史学会の論文
2005-11-30