IGNOU HISTORY NOTES : India History From Mid 18th to Mid 19th Century - Western Knowledge and the Indian Mind

IGNOU HISTORY Study Notes for IAS, UPSC Exams

History India From Mid 18th to Mid 19th Century

Western Knowledge and the Indian Mind

Structure

22.0 Objectives

22.1 Introduction

22.2 After the Crisis

22.3 A New Mentality
22.4 Early Origins of the New Mentality
22.5 Western Knowledge and its Impact
22.6 New Rationatism
22.8 Let Us Sum Up
22.9 Key Words
22.10 Answers to Check Your Progress Exercises

22.0 OBJECTIVES

In this Unit you will get to know about:

• the main concerns of the Indian mind in the colonial milieu,
• the main trends of impact of western knowledge, and
• some problems of the impact.

22.1 INTRODUCTION

In previous Units you have broadly seen how India moved from the disintegration of
the Mughal empire to the establishment of a colonial milieu. That, this process
forced the Indian mind to think about its culture and society and frame a response
to the newcomers. is the subiect of this Unit. 

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