Baber, Zaheer
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Publication Publication Modernization theory and the Cold War(2001) Baber, Z.; SOCIOLOGYIn this article the structural, political and intellectual context in which a specific discourse of development emerged is examined. In the context of the Cold War, the prolonged effort of American intellectuals in advising and attempting to redirect the process of development in India and its consequences for a particular version of modernization theory is analyzed. A general sociology of knowledge approach is deployed to examine the complex configuration of events that contributed to a specific discoursed that owes its intellectual lineage to the Comtean vision of social science.Publication The Development of the Discourse of Development: MIT Intellectuals and South Asian Societies(1998) Baber, Z.; SOCIOLOGYExamines the structural & political context under which one version of modernization theory emerged. The prolonged effort of US intellectuals in advising & attempting to redirect the process of development in India in the context of the Cold War is analyzed. One of the classic texts of modernization theory, W. W. Rostow's The Stages of Economic Growth, emerged as a consequence of this encounter. A sociology of knowledge approach is deployed to analyze the complex configuration involving the Cold War, intellectuals' interest in using the occasion for the accumulation of career capital, etc, that contributed to the development of a specific discourse of development & the mapping out of the world into three worlds.Publication Religious Nationalism, Violence and the Hindutva Movement in India(2000) Baber, Z.; SOCIOLOGYOne of the hallmarks of modernity is the triumph of secular nationalism over religion. Interestingly, one of the most remarkable contradictions in the modern world is the dramatic rise in religious nationalism. The situation in contemporary India exemplifies this paradox. Postcolonial India has been largely secularly oriented. At the same time, the entire postcolonial political process has attempted to accommodate all varieties of religious orientation. This strategy has not been effective. Religious loyalties have continued to dominate the political system, while religious nationalism has retained & increased its power. Religiously based violence (particularly Hindutva) is likely to erupt in the future. K. A. Larsen.Publication After Ayodhya: Politics, religion and the emerging culture of academic anti-secularism in India(1996) Baber, Z.; SOCIOLOGYPublication Introduction: The Social Dynamics of Science, Technology and Society in the Asia-Pacific Region(1998) Baber, Z.; SOCIOLOGYAn introduction to a special journal issue (see abstracts of related articles) presents two views on the future of science & technology in developing countries of the Asia-Pacific region, both based in globalization theory. Stephen Hill (eg, 1997) argues that the globalization of technology & the diffusion of manufacturing is eroding national competitive advantages to the benefit of developing countries. However, David Smith (eg, 1993 [see abstract 9306309]) maintains that the uneven distribution of technological capacities will keep developing countries reliant on the core countries. Contributions address the social construction of technology model in relation to technology transfer issues, Martin Heidegger's theories of technology, social preconditions for the European scientific revolution in comparison with the People's Republic of China, the development of science & technology in Southeast Asia, focusing on Singapore, research management policies in Japan, rapeseed research in China, & the impact of space technology on science & technology in the Asia-Pacific region in the context of the end of the Cold War. J. Ferrari.