%0 Journal Article %1 u._kalpagam_colonial_2000 %A Kalpagam, U. %D 2000 %J History of the Human Sciences %K Kolonialismus %N 2 %P 37--55 %R 10.1177/09526950022120665 %T The colonial state and statistical knowledge %U http://hhs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/13/2/37 %V 13 %X 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'.

@article{u._kalpagam_colonial_2000, abstract = {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'.}, added-at = {2009-11-07T13:11:36.000+0100}, author = {Kalpagam, U.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/29009661f340eb85f24f11d8eecf4671c/orcival}, doi = {10.1177/09526950022120665}, interhash = {b94c3e97d2165325024284a1b871820c}, intrahash = {9009661f340eb85f24f11d8eecf4671c}, journal = {History of the Human Sciences}, keywords = {Kolonialismus}, location = {Eigenes Archiv {(Digital)}}, month = May, number = 2, pages = {37--55}, timestamp = {2009-11-07T13:13:56.000+0100}, title = {The colonial state and statistical knowledge}, url = {http://hhs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/13/2/37}, volume = 13, year = 2000 }