The Colonial State and Statistical Knowledge  

Oleh:

Kalpagam, U.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: History of the Human Sciences vol. 13 no. 2 (May 2000), page 37–55.
Topik: colonial state; governmentality; India; scientific discourses; statistical knowledge
Fulltext: 37.pdf (125.4KB)

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The development of both the modern state and modern scientific discourses in the non-Western world are closely linked together, both being the outcome of the colonial encounter. Using a Foucauldian framework of power/knowledge and his notions of ‘episteme’ and ‘governmentality’, this article explores how colonial governmentality in India produced statistical knowledge of the country thus ushering in a new social scientific discourse of ‘progress’, ‘history’, ‘economy’ and ‘society’.

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