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I don't know about this particular course but almost anything on Hinduism comes with huge biases from western institutions. This is explained in the book 'Acade

I don't know about this particular course but almost anything on Hinduism comes with huge biases from western institutions. This is explained in the book 'Academic Hinduphobia' available recently as a free PDF. I would recommend reading the book 'Being Different' by Rajiv Malhotra to balance out any such courses on Hinduism. Disclaimer - Indian hindu

thaumasiotes 6y ago
I don't think this deserved to be downvoted. Foreign analysis of a local phenomenon always has a slant. It can't be avoided. Explication of local culture in a foreign language for the benefit of foreigners will also have a slant. But it will be a very different slant, and it's a lot more accessible than the native materials. If the goal is "deep insight into how India works [today]", then Being Different is probably a pretty valuable thing to read even if the scholarship is shoddy. (On which question I have no opinion whatever.)
- unmole 6y ago
  I'm quite skeptical that any kind of deep insight can come from reading a prototypical Bharat Tyagi[0]. Reading Swami Vivekananda or even Gandhi would be a far better use of time. 0: https://devdutt.com/articles/hiss-of-the-pio-bharat-tyagi/ https://devdutt.com/articles/hiss-of-the-pio-bharat-tyagi/
- aksss 6y ago
  I think when the comment said basically "[I have no exposure to or experience with the course you're referring to but let's assume it's biased]", it attracts downvotes. This isn't "foreign analysis", in context it's just a proudly uninformed opinion.
unmole 6y ago
> Rajiv Malhotra I would very strongly recommend staying away from anything written by this person. Here's a sample: https://www.reddit.com/r/badlinguistics/comments/2t8ze3/a_few_assholes_trying_to_subvert_genuine_research/ https://www.reddit.com/r/badlinguistics/comments/2t8ze3/a_fe...

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I don't know about this particular course but almost anything on Hinduism comes with huge biases from western institutions. This is explained in the book 'Acade

by jagannathtech 6y ago

thaumasiotes 6y ago
I don't think this deserved to be downvoted. Foreign analysis of a local phenomenon always has a slant. It can't be avoided. Explication of local culture in a foreign language for the benefit of foreigners will also have a slant. But it will be a very different slant, and it's a lot more accessible than the native materials. If the goal is "deep insight into how India works [today]", then Being Different is probably a pretty valuable thing to read even if the scholarship is shoddy. (On which question I have no opinion whatever.)
- unmole 6y ago
  I'm quite skeptical that any kind of deep insight can come from reading a prototypical Bharat Tyagi[0]. Reading Swami Vivekananda or even Gandhi would be a far better use of time. 0: https://devdutt.com/articles/hiss-of-the-pio-bharat-tyagi/ https://devdutt.com/articles/hiss-of-the-pio-bharat-tyagi/
- aksss 6y ago
  I think when the comment said basically "[I have no exposure to or experience with the course you're referring to but let's assume it's biased]", it attracts downvotes. This isn't "foreign analysis", in context it's just a proudly uninformed opinion.
unmole 6y ago
> Rajiv Malhotra I would very strongly recommend staying away from anything written by this person. Here's a sample: https://www.reddit.com/r/badlinguistics/comments/2t8ze3/a_few_assholes_trying_to_subvert_genuine_research/ https://www.reddit.com/r/badlinguistics/comments/2t8ze3/a_fe...