<!--QuoteBegin-Swamy G+Feb 27 2008, 08:08 PM-->QUOTE(Swamy G @ Feb 27 2008, 08:08 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Thanks, but that link does not work.
I like to show some friends how Unkil likes his "checks and balances". But I need little dots that I at least can connect. Else, it is just going to sound paranoid and jingo.
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you'll be lucky if your friends are not typical psecs. It's difficult to even get past the "missionaries have bad intentions" stage with most psecs.
Rajiv Malhotra is a good start as far as connecting the dots. Also it helps to place these dots in a worldwide neo-colonialist framework rather than just related to India; eg, the same is being attempted in Burma. You can give them William Engdahl's article on Burma where he exposes the nexus between state dept, missionaries, and the "democracy" movement.
It also depends on their preferences. if they are concrete types, it's good to show connections between the various western state and ngo operations - eg Romila Thapar's Kluge chair. If they are non-concrete types, you will have to embed your arguments in the more general "framework" view propounded by balagangadhara; that is, these discrete entities tend to reproduce the theological arguments of christianity (eg heathen-nonheathen). It always helps to reference native americans and their re-education by both missionaries and the american state. You will have to be armed with knowledge about caste manipulation since psces always bring this up as an equal equal argument. Of course, it is same as comparing the American decimation and re-education of native americans to hatfields and mccoys. Emphasize the systematic nature of the colonial project eg no one doubts the existence of 19th century colonialism.
best thing would be to send them to this forum with nod from moderators.
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SAJA is but a small node of a vast South Asian movement on American campuses. The South Asian movement carefully hides the fact that this term was invented by Henry Kissinger as part of the Cold War foreign policy to contain the non-NATO world. The South Asian Studies departments across the US have been funded ever since by âTitle VI Grantsâ from the US State Department, intended to promulgate and promote a theory of that âareaâ in order to support US foreign policy. Edward Said analyzed this and wrote that besides the military, the Western powers also have âarmies of scholars at work politically, militarily, ideologically.â
The following quote from a governmental report describes why the US Department of Defense invests in the social sciences to understand and reengineer the âothersâ: âThe Armed Forces are no longer engaged solely in warfareâ¦. For many countries throughout the world, we need more knowledge about their beliefs, values, and motivations; their political, religious, and economic organizations; and the impact of various changes or innovations upon their socio-cultural patterns. ...â[44]
The same report recommends specific kinds of social research and reengineering, and one can find in this list many projects that are being carried out in the US academe and via NGOs in India. Never has the Indian media done an investigative report on why the US Defense Department is to be served by Indian scholars in this manner:<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I like to show some friends how Unkil likes his "checks and balances". But I need little dots that I at least can connect. Else, it is just going to sound paranoid and jingo.
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you'll be lucky if your friends are not typical psecs. It's difficult to even get past the "missionaries have bad intentions" stage with most psecs.
Rajiv Malhotra is a good start as far as connecting the dots. Also it helps to place these dots in a worldwide neo-colonialist framework rather than just related to India; eg, the same is being attempted in Burma. You can give them William Engdahl's article on Burma where he exposes the nexus between state dept, missionaries, and the "democracy" movement.
It also depends on their preferences. if they are concrete types, it's good to show connections between the various western state and ngo operations - eg Romila Thapar's Kluge chair. If they are non-concrete types, you will have to embed your arguments in the more general "framework" view propounded by balagangadhara; that is, these discrete entities tend to reproduce the theological arguments of christianity (eg heathen-nonheathen). It always helps to reference native americans and their re-education by both missionaries and the american state. You will have to be armed with knowledge about caste manipulation since psces always bring this up as an equal equal argument. Of course, it is same as comparing the American decimation and re-education of native americans to hatfields and mccoys. Emphasize the systematic nature of the colonial project eg no one doubts the existence of 19th century colonialism.
best thing would be to send them to this forum with nod from moderators.
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SAJA is but a small node of a vast South Asian movement on American campuses. The South Asian movement carefully hides the fact that this term was invented by Henry Kissinger as part of the Cold War foreign policy to contain the non-NATO world. The South Asian Studies departments across the US have been funded ever since by âTitle VI Grantsâ from the US State Department, intended to promulgate and promote a theory of that âareaâ in order to support US foreign policy. Edward Said analyzed this and wrote that besides the military, the Western powers also have âarmies of scholars at work politically, militarily, ideologically.â
The following quote from a governmental report describes why the US Department of Defense invests in the social sciences to understand and reengineer the âothersâ: âThe Armed Forces are no longer engaged solely in warfareâ¦. For many countries throughout the world, we need more knowledge about their beliefs, values, and motivations; their political, religious, and economic organizations; and the impact of various changes or innovations upon their socio-cultural patterns. ...â[44]
The same report recommends specific kinds of social research and reengineering, and one can find in this list many projects that are being carried out in the US academe and via NGOs in India. Never has the Indian media done an investigative report on why the US Defense Department is to be served by Indian scholars in this manner:<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->