The Colonial Transformation of Indian Society | Prof. Kundan Singh | Dr Rinkoo Wadhera

Описание: Dr. Kundan Singh reveals how British colonial administrator James Mill fabricated Indian history without ever visiting India, creating false narratives that became institutionalized as truth. He explores this in depth in his thoroughly researched book, "Colonial Discourse and the Suffering of Indian American Children", exposing the systematic colonial manipulation that transformed India’s social fabric and uncovering the uncomfortable origins of caste discourse. Discover how Mill’s imagined descriptions of Hindu society were projections of British hierarchies, which have influenced contemporary Indian society. Learn how these colonial distortions continue to shape modern India’s self-perception and social conflicts.

About the Speaker:
Prof Kundan Singh has taught in the areas of Integral Philosophy and Psychology, Contemporary and Traditional Vedanta, Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, Postmodern Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Epistemology, Critical Thought and Deconstruction, Postcolonial Studies and Psychology, Cultural and Cross-cultural Psychology, Indian Psychology, Yogic Psychology, and Transpersonal Psychology, among a few others. He is the author of "Colonial Discourse and the Suffering of Indian American Children: A Francophone Postcolonial Analysis" (2024) with Krishna Maheshwari as the co-author. He has co-authored another book with Krishna Maheshwari titled "Making Children Hinduphobic: A Critical Review of McGraw-Hill’s World History Textbooks" (2018).

Dr Rinkoo Wadhera is a researcher and the Director of the Center for Cultural Studies, Sarayu Trust. She is the author of Existentialism and Upanishadic Resolution in Indian English Poetry.

Key Points:
How James Mill weaponized his "History of British India"
Why Mill's descriptions of Hindu castes were actually about British clergy, aristocracy, and working classes
The utilitarian movement's role in transforming Britain while imposing hierarchies on India
How British officials co-opted specific communities to enforce colonial rule
Why both left and right intellectuals miss the nuanced reality of colonial social engineering

Topics Covered:
00:00 Narrative as Power: The Colonial Construction of Hindu Backwardness
01:09 Dr. Kundan Singh's Research Journey: Comprehensive academic analysis of colonial discourse
04:43 James Mill's "History of British India": Foundational Global Distortion of Hindu Social Organization on Imagination
08:27 Mill's Ambitious Rise to Power from Humble Origins: From 1817 publication to wielding enormous influence
15:27 British Oppressive Hierarchical Society and Jeremy Bentham's Utilitarian Movement
19:04 "Greatest Good for Greatest Number" Origins: Impact of Indian philosophical texts on British Democracy
22:04 Institutionalization of Mills' Discourse: Hindu Brahmins' descriptions were actually about English clergy, Kshatriyas about aristocrats
25:31 Risley's Caste Census (1880s) Based on Mills's: Creation of a Hierarchical Varna-Jati System
27:02 Co-option Strategy and Divide-and-Rule Tactics by Selecting Specific Communities for Enforcing
30:54 Vilifying Custodians of Knowledge That Led to the False Dichotomy of the Left
33:07 Mill's Ultimate Achievement: British social structure systems imposed on India
35:25 Call for Thorough Research

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