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Politics of Science
One can hardly contest the assertion of Claude Alvares, “A Critique of Eurocentric Social Science and the Question of Alternatives” (EPW, 28 May 2011) that there is imperialism in academics and western views of what science is and should be are almost universally and uncritically accepted. In his article Alvares is mainly concerned with the social sciences, but most of what he says is true for the physical and biological sciences as well.
One can hardly contest the assertion of Claude Alvares, “A Critique of Eurocentric Social Science and the Question of Alternatives” (EPW, 28 May 2011) that there is imperialism in academics and western views of what science is and should be are almost universally and uncritically accepted. In his article Alvares is mainly concerned with the social sciences, but most of what he says is true for the physical and biological sciences as well.
Fragmentary attempts at creating a viable and vital Indian scientific structure have floundered so far, because “Indian” science is dominated by so-called “vedic science” and “western imperialism” is soon replaced by “internal imperialism”! The story of the progressive and people-oriented science and technology group, which soon became neither progressive nor people-oriented, is still fresh in our memories.
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