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Lord Bentinck's Regulation XVII of 1829, which declared sati a criminal offence, marked the culmination of a sustained campaign against Hinduism by British Evangelicals and missionaries anxious to Anglicize and Christianize India. The attack on Hinduism was initiated by the Evangelist, Charles Grant, an employee of the East India Compani and subsequently member of the Court of Directors. In 1792, he presented his famous treatise, Observations on the State of Society among the Asiatic Subjects of Great Britain. A harsh evaluation of Hindu society, it challenged the then current Orientalist policy of respecting Indian laws, religion, and customs set in motion by the Governor General, Warren Ha...
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This work seeks to examine the state of Hindu-Muslim relations from the death of the Mughal Emperor, Aurangzeb, to the Revolt of 1857. There is a belief in certain circles that the Revolt of 1857 was the last notable manifestation of Hindu-Muslim unity. That unity, it is argued, was thereafter systematically undermined by the divide and rule policies unleashed by the British, leading eventually to the partition of the country in 1947. By this reckoning, Hindu-Muslim integration must have been an accomplished fact in the centuries preceding the Great Revolt. Micro-level studies by scholars, however, reveal a considerably more complex reality. After an overview of India in the eighteenth centu...
This book highlights recent advances in computational intelligence for signal processing, computing, imaging, artificial intelligence, and their applications. It offers support for researchers involved in designing decision support systems to promote the societal acceptance of ambient intelligence, and presents the latest research on diverse topics in intelligence technologies with the goal of advancing knowledge and applications in this rapidly evolving field. As such, it offers a valuable resource for researchers, developers and educators whose work involves recent advances and emerging technologies in computational intelligence.
Revolution and Pedagogy explores the tensions between and within the processes of revolutionary pedagogical change and continuity. Contributors examine conventional topics such as school policies and curricula, as well as more non-traditional pedagogies such as public celebrations of holidays, participation in international exchange programs, and the incarceration of political activists.